Kikihia

Kikihia
Kikihia ochrina specimen held at Auckland Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Cicadoidea
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Cicadettini
Genus: Kikihia
Dugdale, 1972
Species
See text
Kikihia cutora, cumberi, laneorum, subalpina illustrated by Des Helmore.
Kikihia cutora, cumberi, laneorum, subalpina illustrated by Des Helmore.

Kikihia is a genus of cicada in the family Cicadidae.[1] Most species contained in the genus are endemic to New Zealand,[2] with a single Australian species (K. convicta) found on Norfolk Island.[3] The genus was established in 1972 by John S. Dugdale with eleven species formerly classed within the genus Cicadetta.[4]

Species

  • Kikihia angusta (Walker, 1850)
  • Kikihia cauta (Myers, 1921)
  • Kikihia convicta (Distant, 1892)
  • Kikihia cutora cumberi Fleming, 1973
  • Kikihia cutora cutora (Walker, 1850)
  • Kikihia cutora exulis (Hudson, 1950)
  • Kikihia dugdalei Fleming, 1984
  • Kikihia horologium Fleming, 1984
  • Kikihia laneorum Fleming, 1984
  • Kikihia longula (Hudson, 1950)
  • Kikihia muta muta (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Kikihia muta pallida (Hudson, 1950)
  • Kikihia ochrina (Walker, 1858)
  • Kikihia paxillulae Fleming, 1984
  • Kikihia rosea (Walker, 1850)
  • Kikihia scutellaris (Walker, 1850)
  • Kikihia subalpina (Hudson, 1891)
Kikihia illustrated by Des Helmore.
Kikihia illustrated by Des Helmore.

References

  1. ↑ Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Fleming, C. A. (1984). "The Cicada Genus Kikihia Dugdale (Hemiptera, Homoptera)". National Museum of New Zealand Records. Wellington, New Zealand. 2 (18): 191&ndash, 206.
  3. ↑ Moulds, Maxwell Sidney (1990). Australian Cicadas. Kensington, New South Wales: New South Wales University Press. ISBN 978-0-86840-139-3.
  4. ↑ Arensburger, Peter; Simon, Chris; Holsinger, Kent (2004). "Evolution and phylogeny of the New Zealand cicada genus Kikihia Dugdale (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae) with special reference to the origin of the Kermadec and Norfolk Islands' species" (PDF). Journal of Biogeography. 31 (11): 1769–1783. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01098.x.


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