Kikihia longula

Kikihia longula, commonly known as the Chatham Island cicada,[3] is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[2][4] This species was first described by George Hudson in 1950.[1]

Kikihia longula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Kikihia
Species:
K. longula
Binomial name
Kikihia longula
(Hudson, 1950)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Melampsalta muta longula Hudson, 1950

References

  1. Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Retrieved 15 December 2018 via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
  2. "Kikihia longula (Hudson, 1950)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. "Chatham Island cicada (Kikihia longula)". iNaturalist NZ. iNaturalist. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, Volume Two, Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 403. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.


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