Arunta

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Arunta
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Arunta perulata, male
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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]

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.