Arunta | |
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Arunta perulata, male | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
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 cicada in the Thophini tribe of the Cicadinae subfamily and is allied to the genus Thopha . Two species have been described, Arunta perulata and A. interclusa . These are the only Australian cicada species that have adapted to living in mangroves. [1] [2]