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''Kikihia'' is a
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Cicadas of New Zealand Cicadettini Cicadidae genera {{Cicadidae-stub
''Kikihia'' is a genus
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of cicada
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in the family
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. Most species contained in the genus are endemic
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to New Zealand
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, with a single Australian species (''K. convicta'') found on Norfolk Island
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. The genus was established in 1972 by John S. Dugdale with eleven species formerly classed within the genus '' Cicadetta''.
Species
* '' Kikihia angusta'' (Walker, 1850) * '' Kikihia cauta'' (Myers, 1921) * '' Kikihia convicta'' (Distant, 1892) * '' Kikihia cutora cumberi'' Fleming, 1973 * '' Kikihia cutora cutora'' (Walker, 1850) * '' Kikihia cutora exulis'' (Hudson, 1950) * '' Kikihia dugdalei'' Fleming, 1984 * '' Kikihia horologium'' Fleming, 1984 * '' Kikihia laneorum'' Fleming, 1984 * '' Kikihia longula'' (Hudson, 1950) * '' Kikihia muta muta'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Kikihia muta pallida'' (Hudson, 1950) * '' Kikihia ochrina'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Kikihia paxillulae'' Fleming, 1984 * '' Kikihia rosea'' (Walker, 1850) * '' Kikihia scutellaris'' (Walker, 1850) * '' Kikihia subalpina'' (Hudson, 1891)
References
External links
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Cicadas of New Zealand Cicadettini Cicadidae genera {{Cicadidae-stub