Kikihia Explained
Kikihia is a genus of cicada in the family Cicadidae.[1] Most species contained in the genus are endemic to New Zealand,[2] with a single Australian species (K. convicta) found on Norfolk Island.[3] The genus was established in 1972 by John S. Dugdale with eleven species formerly classed within the genus Cicadetta.[4]
Species
- Kikihia angusta (Walker, 1850)
- Kikihia cauta (Myers, 1921)
- Kikihia convicta (Distant, 1892)
- Kikihia cutora cumberi Fleming, 1973
- Kikihia cutora cutora (Walker, 1850)
- Kikihia cutora exulis (Hudson, 1950)
- Kikihia dugdalei Fleming, 1984
- Kikihia horologium Fleming, 1984
- Kikihia laneorum Fleming, 1984
- Kikihia longula (Hudson, 1950)
- Kikihia muta muta (Fabricius, 1775)
- Kikihia muta pallida (Hudson, 1950)
- Kikihia ochrina (Walker, 1858)
- Kikihia paxillulae Fleming, 1984
- Kikihia rosea (Walker, 1850)
- Kikihia scutellaris (Walker, 1850)
- Kikihia subalpina (Hudson, 1891)
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Notes and References
- Larivière. M.-C.. Fletcher. M. J.. Larochelle. A.. Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand. 2010. 63. 1–232. 24 February 2017. 18 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130218090636/http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/26328/FNZ63Auchenorrhycha.pdf. dead.
- Fleming, C. A.. 1984. The Cicada Genus Kikihia Dugdale (Hemiptera, Homoptera). National Museum of New Zealand Records. 2. 18. 191 - 206. Wellington, New Zealand.
- Book: Moulds, Maxwell Sidney. 1990. Australian Cicadas. Kensington, New South Wales. New South Wales University Press. 978-0-86840-139-3.
- Peter. Simon. Chris. Chris Simon (biologist). Holsinger. Kent. 2004. Evolution and phylogeny of the New Zealand cicada genus Kikihia Dugdale (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae) with special reference to the origin of the Kermadec and Norfolk Islands' species. Journal of Biogeography. 31. 11. 1769–1783. 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01098.x. Arensburger. 2004JBiog..31.1769A .
