Kikihia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kikihia
' 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
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Kikihia cutora, cumberi, laneorum, subalpina illustrated by Des Helmore

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

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.