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Kikihia muta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Kikihia
Species:	K. muta
Binomial name
Kikihia muta (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Tettigonia muta Fabricius, 1775

Kikihia muta, commonly known as the variable cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.

Life Cycle

Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around three years.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:

• 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. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
2. 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.
3. 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 16 December 2018 – via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
4. Campbell, Matthew (18 August 2015). "Genome expansion via lineage splitting and genome reduction in the cicada endosymbiont Hodgkinia - Supporting Information" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112 (33): 10192–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.1421386112. PMC 4547289. PMID 26286984. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
5. "Kikihia muta". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 16 December 2018.

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