Kikihia muta

Kikihia muta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Kikihia
Species:	K. muta
Binomial name
Kikihia muta (Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
Tettigonia mutaFabricius, 1775

Kikihia muta, commonly known as the variable cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. ^[2] This species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. ^{[1] [3]}

Life Cycle

Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around three years. ^[4]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies: ^[5]

• Kikihia muta muta (Fabricius, 1775)
• Kikihia muta pallida (Hudson, 1950)

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  Lateral view
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  Dorsal view

References

1. "Tussock, Chathams, Variable and Pink Cicadas". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
2. 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. LCCN   2011379669. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
3. 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 16 December 2018– via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
4. Campbell, Matthew (18 August 2015). "Genome expansion via lineage splitting and genome reduction in the cicada endosymbiont Hodgkinia - Supporting Information" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112 (33): 10192–9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1421386112 . PMC   4547289 . PMID   26286984 . Retrieved 13 October 2020.
5. "Kikihia muta". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 16 December 2018.