Pauropsalta stigmatica

Pauropsalta stigmatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Pauropsalta
Species:	P. stigmatica
Binomial name
	Pauropsalta stigmatica; Distant, 1905

Last updated November 04, 2025

Pauropsalta stigmatica is a species of cicada in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1905 by English entomologist William Lucas Distant.^[1]^[2]

Taxonomy

The type specimen is a female, with the type location given as Adelaide in South Australia. Since there are there are no known associated male specimens, its identity is not resolved and it may be treated as a nomen dubium .^[3]

References

1 2 Distant, WL (1905). "Rhynchotal notes–XXXV". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (16): 265–281 [273].
1 2 "Species Pauropsalta stigmatica Distant, 1905". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
↑ Owen, CL; Moulds, MS (2016). "Systematics and phylogeny of the Australian cicada genus Pauropsalta Goding and Froggatt, 1904 and allied genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettini)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 68 (4): 117–200 [118]. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.68.2016.1598 . Retrieved 2025-10-30.

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[distant1905-1] 1 2 Distant, WL (1905). "Rhynchotal notes–XXXV". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (16): 265–281 [273].

[afd-2] 1 2 "Species Pauropsalta stigmatica Distant, 1905". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-30.

[o&m2016-3] Owen, CL; Moulds, MS (2016). "Systematics and phylogeny of the Australian cicada genus Pauropsalta Goding and Froggatt, 1904 and allied genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettini)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 68 (4): 117–200 [118]. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.68.2016.1598 . Retrieved 2025-10-30.

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