Kikihia longula

Kikihia longula
Conservation status
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Kikihia
Species:	K. longula
Binomial name
Kikihia longula (Hudson, 1950) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Melampsalta muta longulaHudson, 1950

Kikihia longula, commonly known as the Chatham Island cicada, ^[3] is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. ^{[2] [4]} This species was first described by George Hudson in 1950. ^[1] Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Island Endemic". ^[5]

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 15 December 2018– via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
2. "Kikihia longula (Hudson, 1950)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
3. "Chatham Island cicada (Kikihia longula)". iNaturalist NZ. iNaturalist. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
4. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 403. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
5. Stringer, I. A.N.; Hitchmough, R. A.; Larivière, M.-C.; Eyles, A. C.; Teulon, D. A.J.; Dale, P. J.; Henderson, R. C. (1 July 2012). "The conservation status of New Zealand Hemiptera" . New Zealand Entomologist. 35 (2): 110–115. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.686314. ISSN   0077-9962.