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'''''Kikihia subalpina''''', commonly known as the '''subalpine green cicada''', is a species of [[cicada]] that is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]].<ref name="NZIB">{{Cite |
'''''Kikihia subalpina''''', commonly known as the '''subalpine green cicada''', is a species of [[cicada]] that is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]].<ref name="NZIB">{{Cite Q|Q45922947|page=403}}</ref><ref name="NZOR">{{cite web|title=Kikihia subalpina (Hudson, 1891)|url=http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/cf1772fb-3af0-4449-a6dd-c3bc7de48e2d|publisher=Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref> |
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== Taxonomy == |
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This species was first described by [[George Hudson (entomologist)|George Hudson]] in 1891 and named ''Cicada muta sub-alpina''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Fleming|first=C.A.|author-link=Charles Fleming (ornithologist)|date=1984|title=The cicada genus Kikihia Dugdale (Hemiptera; Homoptera). Part 1. The New Zealand green foliage cicadas.|url=http://www.bugz.org.nz/WebForms/ResultDetails.aspx?CurrentDoc=C396B6D0-E9AB-43B4-831C-E35BBAFEF155|journal=National Museum of New Zealand Records|volume=2|issue=18|pages=191–206}}</ref><ref name="Hudson1891">{{CiteQ|Q125587917|pages=52}}</ref> |
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==Description== |
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Green overall colour (bright green in live individuals) with lighter markings in grooves of pronotum and bold dark markings on mesonotum (often fainter than in ''[[Kikihia horologium|K. horologium]]''.); with shorter, lighter body pubescence than ''K. horologium''. Pronotum with median yellow line. Mesonotum with trace of a narrow bright orange-red patch between nearly touching inner obconical marks. Underside of head with brownish to purple-pink genae (or cheeks) on each side of frons. Pro- and mesosternum with nearly triangular black patches. Coxae of forelegs usually with pinkish red patches. Abdomen usually with well defined dorsal median silvery stripe. Male tymbals with 2 long and 1–2 short ridges. Female pygophore generally with a thick black longitudinal mark on each side of middle dorsally. Body length: 18–22 mm (males); 20–24 mm (females). Wingspread: 46–57 mm (males); 50–62 (females).<ref name="FNZ2010">{{cite journal|last1=Larivière|first1=M.-C.|last2=Fletcher|first2=M. J.|last3=Larochelle|first3=A.|date=2010|title=Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue|url=http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/26328/FNZ63Auchenorrhycha.pdf|journal=Fauna of New Zealand|volume=63|pages=1–232|access-date=15 December 2018|via=Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research|archive-date=18 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218090636/http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/26328/FNZ63Auchenorrhycha.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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==Range== |
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New Zealand. North Island: Taranaki, Taupo, Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Rangitikei, Wellington. South Island: Marlborough Sounds, Nelson, Kaikoura, Buller, Westland, Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury, Mackenzie, Otago Lakes, Dunedin, Fiordland. Stewart Island. |
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==Habitat== |
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Subalpine scrub vegetation (e.g., ''Cassinia'', ''Hebe'', ''Phylocladus alpinus'', ''Podocarpus nivalis''), sometimes also in the canopy of ''Nothofagus solandri cliffortioides'' (central North Island); in scrublands on ridges down to about 100 m elevation (lower North Island); in forest canopy (e.g., ''Nothofagus'', exotic plantations) from tree line to sea level, but rarely in true subalpine environments (South Island). |
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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. subalpina
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Kikihia subalpina, commonly known as the subalpine green cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[3][2]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described by George Hudson in 1891 and named Cicada muta sub-alpina.[4][5]
Description
[edit]Green overall colour (bright green in live individuals) with lighter markings in grooves of pronotum and bold dark markings on mesonotum (often fainter than in K. horologium.); with shorter, lighter body pubescence than K. horologium. Pronotum with median yellow line. Mesonotum with trace of a narrow bright orange-red patch between nearly touching inner obconical marks. Underside of head with brownish to purple-pink genae (or cheeks) on each side of frons. Pro- and mesosternum with nearly triangular black patches. Coxae of forelegs usually with pinkish red patches. Abdomen usually with well defined dorsal median silvery stripe. Male tymbals with 2 long and 1–2 short ridges. Female pygophore generally with a thick black longitudinal mark on each side of middle dorsally. Body length: 18–22 mm (males); 20–24 mm (females). Wingspread: 46–57 mm (males); 50–62 (females).[1]
Range
[edit]New Zealand. North Island: Taranaki, Taupo, Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Rangitikei, Wellington. South Island: Marlborough Sounds, Nelson, Kaikoura, Buller, Westland, Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury, Mackenzie, Otago Lakes, Dunedin, Fiordland. Stewart Island.
Habitat
[edit]Subalpine scrub vegetation (e.g., Cassinia, Hebe, Phylocladus alpinus, Podocarpus nivalis), sometimes also in the canopy of Nothofagus solandri cliffortioides (central North Island); in scrublands on ridges down to about 100 m elevation (lower North Island); in forest canopy (e.g., Nothofagus, exotic plantations) from tree line to sea level, but rarely in true subalpine environments (South Island).
References
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- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "Kikihia subalpina (Hudson, 1891)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fleming, C.A. (1984). "The cicada genus Kikihia Dugdale (Hemiptera; Homoptera). Part 1. The New Zealand green foliage cicadas". National Museum of New Zealand Records. 2 (18): 191–206.
- ^ George Vernon Hudson (1891). "On the New Zealand Cicadae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 23: 52. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q125587917.
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