Arunta

For the Arunta/Arrernte/Arunda people of central Australia, see Arrernte people.

Arunta
Arunta perulata, male
Scientific classification
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 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. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

Two species have been described:

• Arunta interclusa (Walker, 1858) (Mangrove Drummer)
• Arunta perulata (Guérin-Méneville, 1831) (White Drummer)

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.