Biology:Kikihia

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Short description: Genus of cicada insects

Kikihia
Kikihia ochrina (Walker, 1858) AMNZ55161.jpg
Kikihia ochrina specimen held at Auckland Museum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Tribe: Cicadettini
Genus: Kikihia
Dugdale, 1972
Species
See text
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 illustrated by Des Helmore.
Kikihia illustrated by Des Helmore.

References

  1. Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue". Fauna of New Zealand 63: 1–232. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/26328/FNZ63Auchenorrhycha.pdf. 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): 191–206. 
  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". Journal of Biogeography 31 (11): 1769–1783. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01098.x. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6ph1m2xx.pdf. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4042193 entry