Thopha
| Thopha | |
|---|---|
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| Female Thopha saccata (behind, left) male (front, right) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadinae |
| Tribe: | Thophini |
| Genus: | Thopha Amyot and Serville, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Tettigonia saccata Fabricius, 1803 | |
| Species | |
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Thopha colorata | |
Thopha is a genus of cicada native to eastern Australia. Five species are recognised, the double drummer (Thopha saccata), the northern double drummer (T. sessiliba), the golden drummer (T. colorata), T. emmotti and T. hutchinsoni.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (2001). "A review of the tribe Thophini Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) with the description of a new species of Thopha Amyot Serville". Insect Systematics and Evolution 32 (2): 195–203. doi:10.1163/187631201X00155. ISSN 1399-560X.
- ↑ Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (30 April 2012). "A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)". Zootaxa 3287: 1–262 [56–57].
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