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species

Kikihia cauta (Myers, 1921)

Greater Bronze Cicada

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Melampsalta cauta Myers, 1921a: 242.

    Syntypes; adult; 2b422f5d-047a-4d9b-9282-58a60d33e711; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand, Wellington: Karori, Day’s Bay, Wellington. Syntypes; adult; 6d20f783-c1d5-4818-b552-2f797ba82324; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand, Taupo: Ohakune

  • Cicadetta cauta (Myers, 1921) in Metcalf, 1963g: 301.
  • Kikihia cauta (Myers, 1921) in Dugdale, 1972a: 875.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Dugdale, J.S. (1972a) Genera of New Zealand Cicadidae (Homoptera). New Zealand Journal of Science, 14, 856–882. [1971]
  • Larivière, M.-C., Fletcher, M.J. & Larochelle, A. (2010a) Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, 63, 1–232.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1963g) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 2. Tibicinidae. Baltimore, Md., Waverly press, vi + 492 pp.
  • Myers, J.G. (1921a) A revision of the New Zealand Cicadidae (Homoptera), with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 53, 238–250 + pls. XLV-XLVI.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: cautum (provisions)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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