Distribution, localities and emergence times of South Island Maoricicada

M. campbelli:     Cobb resivoir; Saxton R.; Waimate, 450m; Makarora;
Ruth flat, E. Matukituki Vly; Divide, Milford Road.

M. cassiope:    Widespread in SI, Marlborough; Nelson,
Canterbury; Westland; S. to Mt. Alford and Otira. Jan-Feb

M. hamiltoni:    Travers R.; L. Rotorua; Maruia Springs;
Lewis R.; Serpentin R., Upper Clarence; L. Tennyson, Kowhai R.; White
Rock, Ashley Gorge; Mt Thomas; Arthurs Pass; Bealey Riverbed, Bridal
Veil Falls; Barrack Strm, Otira Vly, Otira; Kowai R., Porters Pass;
Cave Crk, Broken R. basin; Mt Algidus; Mt Somers; Mt Cook (Hooker Vly
?). Nov-end of Jan, most in Jan.

M. iolanthe (0)

M. lindsayi (0)

M. myersi (0)

M. alticola:    Turk Ridge, Crimea Ra., Upper Wairau Vly
(2000 m, on barren     ledges, Feb. 3 '71) only. Feb.

M. clamitans:    Mt Peel; Weaner Run & Trig W, 820-1180
m, Hunters Hills, Mackenzie Pass; Mt Dalgety, Grampian Ra.; Ohau Ra.,
L. Ohau ski field; Benmore - Black Forest transmission line; Danseys
Pass, Kakanui Ra., c. 1000m; Mt Ida, Hawkdun Ra.; Rock and Pillar Range
(?); Mt Teviot, Lammerlaw Ra., 910 m; Sentinel Peak, NW of L. Hawea
(?); Grandview Ridge, Hawea, c. 1200m; Mt Alpha, SW of Lake Wanaka (?);
Ben Lomond, Queenstown. 12 Jan-23 Feb.

M. mangu mangu:    Mt Trovatore, 1200m; Mt Binser,
Waimakariri Vly, 670-1500m; Mt Misery, Cass. Sugarloaf, Cass, over
900m; Mt Hamilton and Mt Cockayne, Craigeburn Ra., 1200-1600m; Dry Crk,
Castle Hill Basin, 750m; Porters Pass; Fog Peak, 945m Torlesse Ra.; Mt
Hutt; Mt Somers, 1200m; S branch, Ashburton R.; Mt Peel, 900m; Boundary
Crk, Rangitata Vly; Fox's Peak, 900m; Mt Dalgety, 1600m; Richmond ski
field, Round Hill, Two Thumb Ra., Tekapo. Jan 9- 27 Feb.

M. mangu multicostata:    St James ski field, c. 1500m;
Rocky Spur, Duncan strm, Clarence Vly., c. 1200m; Island Pass, Wairau -
Clarence divide, 1350m; Island Pass - Mt. Crystal Ridge, Crimea Ra.;
Altimarlock Hut; Mt. Harkness, 1500m; Mt Terako, 1200m; Mt Fyffe,
1200-1400m; Hodder Vly, Inland Kaikoura Ra.; Tarahaka, 2500-3500m.
Subalpine - screes and bare soil faces.

M. mangu gourlay:    Mt Robert ski field, 130m above bush
line; Dun Mtn, including Matai - Roding sadle. Singing on scree and
rock outcrops, especially in the mineral belt of Dun Mtn. 14 Dec-20
Feb.

M. mangu celer:    Crest of Turk Ridge, Crimea Ra., above
head of Canon Crk, at around 1900m. Screes, unstable beds and ridge
crests abover 1500m on low-rainfall mountain ranges, rarely descending
to 1400m. Feb.

M. nigra nigra:    Mt Gloriana, Spenser Mountains;
Lucretia Ridge, above Lewis Pass, 1350m; Arthurs Pass National Park:
Temple Basin 1300-1500m; Trudge Col, 1500m; Mt Cook National Park:
Sealey Ra.; Mt Sebastopol, 1200m; Mt Wakefield, Cook Ra. 1200-1500m; Mt
Moltke, 1500; Alma Hut, 1680m; Waiho Gorge; Arawhata Saddle, Mt
Aspiring National Park, 1680m; Treble Cone and Mt Niger, Matukituki
Vly; Bold Peak, Wakitipu; East of L Harris, Humbolt Mtns, 1800m;
Tempest Ridge, Olivine Ra.; Barrier Knob, Gertrude Saddle, 1600m; Mt
Waitiri, Darran Ra., 1650m. Dec to early March.

M. nigra frigida:    Old Man Ra., near Obelisk, 1695m;
Above Friutlands, c. 1500m; Above Shingle Crk.; The Remarkables: Double
Cone, L. Alta, 1800m; Pisa Ra., near L. McKay, 1500-1900m. 18 Jan-24
Feb

M. oromelana:    Main divide of the SI, from the Travers
and Victoria Ranges to Fiordland, mainly above 1300m but locally
extending down to around 750m in suitable habitats. 30 Dec-April.

M. otagoensis otagoensis:    Alpha Peak, Wanaka; Coronet
Peak; Ben Lomond, Queenstown; Pisa Ra.; Old Man Ra.; Above Fruitlands
and above Shingle Crk; Nevis Saddle; Hector Mtns. E of Garston; Mid
Dome; Cannaird ridge, Eyre Mtns; The Titan Rocks, Garvie Ra. 15 Jan-14
Feb.

M. otagoensis maceweni:    Takitimu Ra., Cheviot Face,
above Forest Service hut, 1200-1350m; E of Blackmount Homestead in area
retired from grazing, 850m; SW ridge, Whare Crk, 1440m. Feb 13.

M. phaeoptera:    Richmond ski field, near Round Hill,
Richmond Ra., S of Two Thumb Ra., 1300-1350m; L. Ohau skifield, above
Ohau lodge, 1400m; Ball Ridge 1350m; Grampian Ra., above Hakataramea
Pass; Sentinel Peak, between L. Hawea and L. Wanaka; Grandview Ridge,
ENE of Hawea Flat, 1350m; New Pass, unused power transmission route
from St Bathans to Omarama (N end Hawdun Ra.); Leaning Rock, Dunstan
Ra., c. 1500m. 12 Jan-12 Feb.

M. tenuis:    Iron Hill, L. Sylvester, 1400-1850m; Ridge
E of L. Sylvester, 1200-1350m; Mt Arthur; Mt Peel, 1600m; Red Hills
Plateau, Mt Chrome, 1000-1550m; Gardon's Knob, 1370m; Mt Murchison,
Buller Vly, 1370-1450m; Mt Robert, 1250m; Mt Hopeless, Mt Travers Ra.,
1900m; Cupola Basin, Travers Ra.; Mt Richmond, 1300m; St Arnaud Ra.,
1520m; Turk Ridge, Crimea Ra., Celmisia herb field,
1860m; Island Pass and Mt Maling, Crimea Ra., 1350-1790m; Mt McCabe, L.
Tennyson, 1500m. 13 Jan-22 March.

References

Fleming, C. A. 1967: Notes on the distribution of New Zealand cicadas. The New Zealand Entomologist. 3(5): 16-17.

Dugdale, J. S.; Fleming, C. A. 1978: New Zealand cicadas of the genus Maoricicada (Homoptera: Tibicinidae). New Zealand
Journal of Zoology. 5: 295-340.