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Kikihia ochrina (Walker, 1858)

April Green Cicada

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (15)

  • Cicada ochrina Walker, 1858b: 34. (valid in Metcalf, 1963g: 364)

    Holotype; male; a805ea2b-d4cd-4885-91e3-182dc58184ca; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); New Zealand: Auckland, collected by Lieutenant Colonel D. Bolton

  • Cicada ochrina Walker, 1858 (subjective synonym of Tettigonia muta Fabricius, 1775) in Stål, 1862b: 481.
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  • Kikihia ochrina (Walker, 1858) in Dugdale, 1972a: 875.
  • Kikihia aprilina (Hudson, 1891) in Palma, Lovis & Tither, 1989a: 37.

Nomenclature references (17)

  • Distant, W.L. (1892d) On some undescribed Cicadidae, with synonymical notes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 6), 9, 313–327.
  • Dugdale, J.S. (1972a) Genera of New Zealand Cicadidae (Homoptera). New Zealand Journal of Science, 14, 856–882. [1971]
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  • 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
  • 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.
  • Hudson, G.V. (1891a) On the New Zealand Cicadae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 23, 49–55.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1896a) Notes on the Cicadidae of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 28, 454–459.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1907g) Some annotations to M. Distant's recent Catalogue of the Cicadidae. (Hem.). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 51, 303–309.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1909h) A list of the Hemiptera (excluding Sternorrhyncha) of the Morian Subregion, with notes on a few of the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 41, 22–29.
  • 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. (1926c) New or little-known Australasian cicadas of the genus Melampsalta, with notes on songs by Iris Myers. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 33, 61–76.
  • Myers, J.G. (1927a) On the nomenclature of New Zealand Homoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 57, 685–690.
  • Myers, J.G. (1929a) The taxonomy, phylogeny, and distribution of New Zealand cicadas (Homoptera). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 77, 29–60.
  • Palma, R.L., Lovis, P.M. & Tither, C. (1989a) An annotated list of primary types of the phyla Arthropoda (except Crustacea) and Tardigrada held in the National Museum of New Zealand. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series No.., 20, 1–49.
  • Stål, C. (1862b) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 19, 479–504.
  • Walker, F. (1850a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 1, 1–260. pl. 1–2.
  • Walker, F. (1858b) Supplement. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Order of Trustees, Suppl. 307 pp.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek (ὤχρα): ochre

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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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