Kikihia muta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadidae |
Genus: | Kikihia |
Species: | K. muta |
Binomial name | |
Kikihia muta | |
Synonyms | |
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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]
Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around three years. [4]
There are two subspecies: [5]
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