Thopha
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Female Thopha saccata (behind, left) male (front, right) | |
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Genus: | Thopha |
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Tettigonia saccata Fabricius, 1803
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Thopha is a genus of cicada native to Australia. Five species are recognised, the double drummer (Thopha saccata), the northern double drummer (T. sessiliba), the golden drummer (T. colorata), and .[1][2] Within sessiliba, two subspecies are recognized, the nominotypical form and T. sessiliba clamoris Moulds and Hill.[3]
Genetic and morphological data show that Thopha is closely related to the genus Arunta; together they comprise the tribe Thophini.
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].
- ^ Moulds, M.S., and K. B. R. Hill. 2015. Phylogeny for the tribe Thophini (Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) with the description of a new subspecies of Thopha sessiliba Distant from Western Australia. Rec. Aust. Mus. 67(2): 55-66
Categories:
- Thophini
- Insects of Australia
- Cicadidae genera
- Taxa named by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot
- Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville
- Cicadidae stubs