Kikihia

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Kikihia
Kikihia ochrina (Walker, 1858) AMNZ55161.jpg
Kikihia ochrina specimen held at Auckland Museum
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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 cutora, cumberi, laneorum, subalpina illustrated by Des Helmore HEMI Cicadidae Kikihia cutora cumberi laneorum subalpina.png
Kikihia cutora, cumberi, laneorum, subalpina illustrated by Des Helmore

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]

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Species

Kikihia illustrated by Des Helmore. HEMI Cicadidae Kikihia.png
Kikihia illustrated by Des Helmore.

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<i>Kikihia laneorum</i> Species of true bug

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References

  1. 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.
  2. Fleming, C. A. (1984). "The Cicada Genus Kikihia Dugdale (Hemiptera, Homoptera)". National Museum of New Zealand Records. Wellington, New Zealand. 2 (18): 191–206.
  3. Moulds, Maxwell Sidney (1990). Australian Cicadas. Kensington, New South Wales: New South Wales University Press. ISBN   978-0-86840-139-3.
  4. 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. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01098.x.