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Kikihia horologium Fleming, 1984

Clock Cicada

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (10)

  • Cicada muta flavescens (Hudson, 1891) non Fabricius, 1794 in Hudson, 1891a: 52.

    Holotype; female; 3e32345d-06c1-4838-9899-ed0aa92abcae; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand, Kaikoura: Mount Tapuaewaeonuku, or Tapuae-o-Uenuku lower slopes

  • Cicada muta flavescens (Hudson, 1891) non Fabricius, 1794 (misapplication, linked to Cicada flavescens Fabricius, 1794)
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  • Melampsalta muta muta (Myers, 1929) non Fabricius, 1775 (unavailable, linked to Kikihia horologium Fleming, 1984) in Fleming, 1984a: 199.
  • Melampsalta subalpina (Fleming & Ordish, 1966) non Hudson, 1891 (unavailable, linked to Kikihia horologium Fleming, 1984) in Fleming, 1984a: 199.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Fabricius, J.C. (1775a) Ryngota. In Systema entomologiae: sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Kortius, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. pp. 673–689. [32 + 832 pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36510
  • Fabricius, J.C. (1794) Ryngota. In Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta: secundun classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. hrist. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. Vol. 4, pp. 1–57. [472 pp.]
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  • Fleming, C.A. & Ordish, R.G. (1966a) Type specimens of G.V. Hudson's taxa of New Zealand cicadas (genus Melampsalta: Hemiptera Homoptera). Records of the Dominion Museum, 5(20), 195–200.
  • Fleming, C.A. (1984a) The cicada genus Kikihia (Hemiptera: Homoptera): I. The New Zealand green foliage cicadas. National Museum of New Zealand Records, 2, 191–206.
  • Hudson, G.V. (1891a) On the New Zealand Cicadae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 23, 49–55.
  • Larivière, M.-C., Fletcher, M.J. & Larochelle, A. (2010a) Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, 63, 1–232.
  • Myers, J.G. (1929a) The taxonomy, phylogeny, and distribution of New Zealand cicadas (Homoptera). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 77, 29–60.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: sundial, clock; refers to the song, which resembling the ticking of an old-fashioned alarm clock that occasionally misses a "tick"

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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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