Burbunga hillieri
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| Burbunga hillieri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Burbunga |
| Species: | B. hillieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Burbunga hillieri | |
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Burbunga hillieri, also known as the desert screamer, is a species of cicada in the true cicada family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1907 by English entomologist William Lucas Distant.[1][2]
The species has a forewing length of 41–49 mm. It is cryptically coloured for sitting on bark.[3]
