Kikihia longula

Kikihia longula
Naturally Uncommon
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Kikihia
Species:
K. longula
Binomial name
Kikihia longula
(Hudson, 1950)
Synonyms
  • Melampsalta muta longula Hudson, 1950

Kikihia longula, commonly known as the Chatham Island cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by George Hudson in 1950. Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Island Endemic".

References

  1. 1 2 Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
  2. 1 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 Preston, ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 403. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  5. ↑ Stringer, I. A.N.; Hitchmough, R. A.; Larivière, M.-C.; Eyles, A. C.; Teulon, D. A.J.; Dale, P. J.; Henderson, R. C. (1 July 2012). "The conservation status of New Zealand Hemiptera". New Zealand Entomologist. 35 (2): 110–115. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.686314. ISSN 0077-9962.