Kikihia muta

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]

Kikihia muta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Kikihia
Species:
K. muta
Binomial name
Kikihia muta
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tettigonia muta Fabricius, 1775

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:[4]

  • Kikihia muta muta (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Kikihia muta pallida (Hudson, 1950)
  • Lateral view
  • Dorsal view

References
  1. "Tussock, Chathams, Variable and Pink Cicadas". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Retrieved 16 December 2018 – via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
  4. "Kikihia muta". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 16 December 2018.


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