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Arunta

Arunta is a genus of cicadas, also called drummers, in the Thophini tribe of the Cicadinae subfamily. It is allied to the genus Thopha. These are the only Australian cicadas that have adapted to living in mangrove habitats.

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Arunta
Arunta perulata, male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Thophini
Genus: Arunta
Distant, 1904
Species

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Arunta is a genus of cicadas, also called drummers, in the Thophini tribe of the Cicadinae subfamily. It is allied to the genus Thopha. These are the only Australian cicadas that have adapted to living in mangrove habitats.12

Species

Two species have been described:

References

References

  1. Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (30 April 2012). "A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)". Zootaxa. 3287: 1–262 [56–57]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3287.1.1.
  2. "Arunta – Cicada Mania". Retrieved 2025-07-04.