Kikihia cutora
Kikihia cutora cutora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Kikihia
Species:
K. cutora
Binomial name
Kikihia cutora
(Walker, 1850)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cicada cutora Walker, 1850

Kikihia cutora, the snoring cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[3][2] This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1850.[1]

Subspecies

There are three subspecies:[2]

  • Kikihia cutora cumberi Fleming, 1973 (Southern Snoring Cicada)

North Island, south from Coromandel and lower Waikato Valley to the southern tip of the North Island. Seldom observed before Christmas. Late January to late May with a maximum in March-April.(Fleming, 1973)

  • Kikihia cutora cutora (Walker, 1850) (Northern Snoring Cicada)

northern North Island from Hauraki Plains, lower Waikato Valley and the Coromandel Peninsula northwards; scrub and vines. Populations on Coromandel Peninsula south to Te Aroha include individuals inseparable from K. c. cutora and others like K. c. cumberi so must be considered intermediate. The boundary between K. c. cutora and K. c. cumberi is ill-defined extending from Cape Colville to Tongaparutu River mouth. Recorded every month of the year but rarely in August through June.(Walker, 1950)

  • Kikihia cutora exulis (Hudson, 1950) (Kermadec Cicada or Kermadec Snoring Cicada)

Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, coastal forest on shrubs and trees including Myoporum. Not reported yet from the other islands of the group. September through March.(Hudson, 1950)


References

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  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 3 "Kikihia cutora (Walker, 1850)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 403. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.


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