Kikihia muta
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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, 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]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies:[4]
- Kikihia muta muta (Fabricius, 1775)
- Kikihia muta pallida (Hudson, 1950)
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References
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- ^ a b "Tussock, Chathams, Variable and Pink Cicadas". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, Volume Two, Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Vol. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 403. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ 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.
- ^ "Kikihia muta". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
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