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Snoring cicada
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Kikihia cutora cutora
Scientific classification
Genus:
Kikihia
Species:
cutora
Synonyms
  • Cicada cutora Walker, 1850

Kikihia cutora, the snoring cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1850.

Subspecies

There are three subspecies:

  • Kikihia cutora cumberi Fleming, 1973 (Southern Snoring Cicada)
  • Kikihia cutora cutora (Walker, 1850) (Northern Snoring Cicada)
  • Kikihia cutora exulis (Hudson, 1950) (Kermadec Cicada or Kermadec Snoring Cicada)
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