Amphipsalta

{{short description|Genus of insects}}

{{Automatic Taxobox

| name = Amphipsalta

| image = Amphipsalta zelandica dorsal.jpg

| image_caption = Chorus cicada, Amphipsalta zelandica

| taxon = Amphipsalta

| authority = Dugdale and Fleming, 1969

| display_parents = 2

}}

Amphipsalta, commonly known as clapping cicadas, is a genus of cicada in the family Cicadidae.{{cite journal|last1=Larivière|first1=M.-C.|last2=Fletcher|first2=M. J.|last3=Larochelle|first3=A.|date=2010|title=Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue|url=http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/26328/FNZ63Auchenorrhycha.pdf|journal=Fauna of New Zealand|volume=63|pages=1–232|accessdate=15 December 2018|via=Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research|archive-date=18 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218090636/http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/26328/FNZ63Auchenorrhycha.pdf|url-status=dead}} This genus is endemic to New Zealand.[http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/hemiptera/cicada/checklist.asp LandCare] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320064258/http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/hemiptera/cicada/checklist.asp |date=2008-03-20 }}