Kikihia
Appearance
Kikihia | |
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Kikihia ochrina specimen held at Auckland Museum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadidae |
Tribe: | Cicadettini |
Genus: | Kikihia Dugdale, 1972 |
Species | |
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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
[edit]- 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)
![Kikihia illustrated by Des Helmore.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/HEMI_Cicadidae_Kikihia.png/220px-HEMI_Cicadidae_Kikihia.png)
References
[edit]- ^ Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Fleming, C. A. (1984). "The Cicada Genus Kikihia Dugdale (Hemiptera, Homoptera)". National Museum of New Zealand Records. 2 (18). Wellington, New Zealand: 191–206.
- ^ Moulds, Maxwell Sidney (1990). Australian Cicadas. Kensington, New South Wales: New South Wales University Press. ISBN 978-0-86840-139-3.
- ^ Arensburger, Peter; Simon, Chris; 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" (PDF). Journal of Biogeography. 31 (11): 1769–1783. Bibcode:2004JBiog..31.1769A. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01098.x.
External links
[edit]- LandCare Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information Systems information - cicadas Archived 2008-03-20 at the Wayback Machine