Animalia → Arthropoda → Insecta → Pterygota → Hemiptera → Auchenorrhyncha → Cicadomorpha → Membracoidea → Membracidae → Centrotinae
Kaikaia Morris and Dietrich, 2020
Selected references
Morris and Dietrich 2020a
Overview
The genus Kaikaia, based on the species K. gaga from Nicaragua, is unplaced with the subfamily Centrotinae (Morris and Dietrich 2020a). Its relationships to other New World centrotine tribes and the Old World tribe Beaufortianini remain unclear. This treehopper, named in honor of the pop icon “Lady Gaga,” stirred considerable interest in the popular media. Kaikaia is currently only known from the highly threatened and fragmented tropical dry forests of western Nicaragua.
Taxon images
Kaikaia
1.Kaikaia gaga, female holotype
2.Kaikaia gaga, female holotype, head
3.Kaikaia gaga, female holotype
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Distribution
Neotropical region: Nicaragua (Morris and Dietrich 2020a)
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Prepared by
Brendan O. Morris and Lewis L. Deitz, 16 September 2020.
