Kikihia longula

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Kikihia longula
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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 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.