K is for Dr. Kritsky, specifically Dr. Gene Kritsky of the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dr. Kritsky is one of the premier Magicicada experts and advocates; if you’re a cicada fan you must attend one of his lectures and order one of his books. A few years ago Gene provided Cicada Mania with an interview.

Kikihia, one of the two major Genus of cicadas in New Zealand. David Marshall says: “The name Kikihia is derived from the Maori word for cicada, as is the name of the town Kihikihi, in New Zealand. You’ll love their public cicada statue. See this web page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihikihi“. Here is a web page dedicated to the Identification of Kikihia.

The Kobonga is a Genus of cicadae that exists in eastern Australia. Thanks to David Marshall and Kathy Hill of InsectSingers.com for these wonderful photos of a Kobonga species currently nicknamed the Xmas Clanger (species name pending).

Waitangi Day is February 6th — a good excuse to post some New Zealand cicada links.

1. New Zealand Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae): A virtual identification guide (landcareresearch.co.nz) A wonderful web site. Includes a visual identification guide, checklist, and image gallery. Photos of dozens of species.
2. Suzy’s World Cicada page (suzy.co.nz) Fun, kid-friendly presentation of cicada information.
3. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand (teara.govt.nz) Three paragraphs of information.
4. Introducing cicadas (teara.govt.nz) Photos, sounds and 4 paragraphs of information.
5. New Zealand cicadas (troutbum.co.nz)
   Large photos of Kikihia and Amphipsalta.
6. Mating pairs of cicadas and Cicada adults (hortnet.co.nz) Photos of Amphipsalta cingulata, Kikihia horologium, Notopsalta sericea, Amphipsalta.
7. Cicada Central: New Zealand (uconn.edu) Cicada Central’s New Zealand cicada pages.

1. Photo: Find the Cicadas in these photos. Cicada photos courtesy of David Marshall and the Univ. of CT cicada team.
2. Website: Cicada: Zoology. Many links to photos and information about international cicadas.