Myopsalta mackinlayi

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Myopsalta mackinlayi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Myopsalta
Species:
M. mackinlayi
Binomial name
Myopsalta mackinlayi
Synonyms
  • Melampsalta mackinlayi Distant, 1882
  • Cicadetta mackinlayi (Distant, 1882)

Myopsalta mackinlayi is a species of cicada, also known as a fence buzzer, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1882 by English entomologist William Lucas Distant.[1]

The length of the forewing is 15–18 mm.[3]

Distribution and habitat

Behaviour

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