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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Kikihia |
| Species: | K. subalpina |
| Binomial name | |
| Kikihia subalpina | |
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Kikihia subalpina, commonly known as the subalpine green cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. [3] [2]
This species was first described by George Hudson in 1891 and named Cicada muta sub-alpina. [4] [5]
Green overall colour (bright green in live individuals) with lighter markings in grooves of pronotum and bold dark markings on mesonotum (often fainter than in K. horologium .); with shorter, lighter body pubescence than K. horologium. Pronotum with median yellow line. Mesonotum with trace of a narrow bright orange-red patch between nearly touching inner obconical marks. Underside of head with brownish to purple-pink genae (or cheeks) on each side of frons. Pro- and mesosternum with nearly triangular black patches. Coxae of forelegs usually with pinkish red patches. Abdomen usually with well defined dorsal median silvery stripe. Male tymbals with 2 long and 1–2 short ridges. Female pygophore generally with a thick black longitudinal mark on each side of middle dorsally. Body length: 18–22 mm (males); 20–24 mm (females). Wingspread: 46–57 mm (males); 50–62 (females). [1]
New Zealand. North Island: Taranaki, Taupo, Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Rangitikei, Wellington. South Island: Marlborough Sounds, Nelson, Kaikoura, Buller, Westland, Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury, Mackenzie, Otago Lakes, Dunedin, Fiordland. Stewart Island.
Subalpine scrub vegetation (e.g., Cassinia, Hebe, Phylocladus alpinus, Podocarpus nivalis), sometimes also in the canopy of Nothofagus solandri cliffortioides (central North Island); in scrublands on ridges down to about 100 m elevation (lower North Island); in forest canopy (e.g., Nothofagus, exotic plantations) from tree line to sea level, but rarely in true subalpine environments (South Island).
Maoricicada, commonly known as black cicadas or mountain black cicadas, is a genus of cicada in the family Cicadidae. This genus is endemic to New Zealand.
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Maoricicada clamitans, also known as the yodelling cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by John S. Dugdale and Charles Fleming in 1978.
Maoricicada hamiltoni, also known as the Hamilton's cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1926. This species is named in honour of Harold Hamilton.
Maoricicada iolanthe, also known as the Iolanthe cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by George Vernon Hudson in 1891.
Maoricicada mangu is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by Francis Buchanan White in 1879, as Melampsalta mangu White, based on specimens collected from Porter's Pass, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand.
Maoricicada nigra is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1921.
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