FAUNA OF NZ 63 AUCHENORRHYNCHA

Explore the unique world of New Zealand's Auchenorrhyncha with our comprehensive biosystematics catalogue. Authored by M-C Lariviere and published by Manaaki Whenua Press, this essential paperback guide spans 232 pages of incredible insights into this fascinating suborder of Hemiptera, which includes planthoppers, cicadas, froghoppers, spittlebugs, treehoppers, and leafhoppers.

Discover the incredible biodiversity of Auchenorrhyncha in New Zealand, where 82% of species are endemic and found nowhere else in the world. Although the New Zealand fauna comprises 12 families, 68 genera, and 196 identified species, this catalogue anticipates future discoveries that may expand our knowledge to between 300 and 350 species.

This catalogue serves as a crucial resource for ecologists, biosystematists, and conservation managers, providing detailed insights into species distribution, biology, and activity periods. Whether you're a researcher seeking identification resources or simply a nature enthusiast curious about New Zealand's unique ecological niche, this volume guides you through crucial questions: Which species exist in New Zealand? What are their life habits? When are they active, and where can we find them?

In addition to thorough descriptions, the catalogue includes a species checklist, a comprehensive bibliography, a taxonomic index, and helpful appendices, alongside stunning species distribution maps and color photographs of primary types. This indispensable resource invites readers into the intricate relationships of New Zealand's plant-feeding insects, highlighting the importance of preserving such a unique biodiversity hotspot.

Author: M-C LariviÄŤre Publisher: Manaaki Whenua Press
Bind: paperback

Pages: 232
Publication Date: 04-03-2014

This is a biosystematics catalogue for the Auchenorrhyncha, generally regarded as a suborder of the Hemiptera. They include planthoppers, cicadas, froghoppers, spittlebugs, treehoppers, and leafhoppers.



These insects are highly diverse and form a major component of the plant-feeding fauna of most terrestrial ecosystems. Auchenorrhyncha have adopted varied life habits on nearly all continents and islands and there may be around 42 000 species described worldwide. Compared with larger regions the New Zealand fauna - currently comprising 12 families, 68 genera and 196 species - may appear relatively small but what it lacks in size it makes up for in uniqueness, e.g., 82% of known species do not occur anywhere else in the world. From this point of view New Zealand can be regarded as a biodiversity “hot spot” for this group of insects. New genera and species will be discovered in the future and once fully described the New Zealand fauna may reach 300 to 350 species.



In this volume, crucial questions about Auchenorrhyncha are posed and answered: which species occur in New Zealand, what is their status? What are the resources available to identify and study them? Where do species and genera occur ? When are they active? How do they live? To answer these questions this catalogue brings together the available literature and collection-based information on extant taxa recorded from New Zealand’s main islands and its offshore islands.



The catalogue has been written with the needs of biosystematists, identifiers, biosecurity and conservation managers, ecologists, other biologists, and members of the public in mind, hence the sections summarising for all species the geographic distribution, biology, dispersal power, and reference to available identification tools, taxonomic revisions, and natural history treatments. A species checklist, full bibliography, taxonomic index, eight appendices, species distribution maps, and primary type colour photographs are also provided.