Amphipsalta strepitans (Kirkaldy, 1909) is a animal in the Cicadidae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Amphipsalta strepitans (Kirkaldy, 1909)

Amphipsalta strepitans (Kirkaldy, 1909)

The chirping cicada, Amphipsalta strepitans, is a New Zealand-endemic cicada species first described in 1909.

Family
Genus
Amphipsalta
Order
Hemiptera
Class
Insecta

About Amphipsalta strepitans (Kirkaldy, 1909)

Amphipsalta strepitans, commonly known as the chirping cicada, is a species of cicada endemic to New Zealand. George Willis Kirkaldy first formally described this species in 1909.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Cicadidae Amphipsalta

More from Cicadidae

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