Chlorocysta suffusa
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| Chlorocysta suffusa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Chlorocysta |
| Species: | C. suffusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlorocysta suffusa | |
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Chlorocysta suffusa is a species, or species complex, of cicadas, also known as marbled bottle cicadas, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Chlorocystini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1907 by English entomologist William Lucas Distant.[1][2]
The specific epithet suffusa (Latin: “blushing”) refers to the cicadas’ appearance.[1]
