Simona sancta
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| Simona sancta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Simona |
| Species: | S. sancta |
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| Simona sancta | |
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Simona sancta is a species of cicada, also known as the western eremophila cicada, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1913 by English entomologist William Lucas Distant.[1][2]