Biology:Kikihia muta
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Short description: Species of true bug
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Kikihia |
| Species: | K. muta
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| Kikihia muta (Fabricius, 1775)[1]
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Kikihia muta, commonly known as the variable cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[2] This species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.[1][3]
Life Cycle
Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around three years.[4]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies:[5]
- Kikihia muta muta (Fabricius, 1775)
- Kikihia muta pallida (Hudson, 1950)
Lateral view
Dorsal view
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tussock, Chathams, Variable and Pink Cicadas" (in en). http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/animals/invertebrates/systematics/hemiptera/auchenorrhyncha/cicadas/identification/facts-sheets/kikihia/Tussock.
- ↑ , p. 403, Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ 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 16 December 2018.
- ↑ Campbell, Matthew (18 August 2015). "Genome expansion via lineage splitting and genome reduction in the cicada endosymbiont Hodgkinia - Supporting Information". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112 (33): 10192–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.1421386112. PMID 26286984. PMC 4547289. https://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2015/05/16/1421386112.DCSupplemental/pnas.201421386SI.pdf. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ↑ "Kikihia muta". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/3b07169d-3779-440e-8547-e6535ea6e992.
Wikidata ☰ Q10545330 entry
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