Tamasa tristigma
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Tamasa |
| Species: | T. tristigma |
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Tamasa tristigma, also known as the brown bunyip or eastern bunyip, is a species or species complex of cicadas in the true cicada family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1834 by German entomologist Ernst Friedrich Germar.[1][2]
Common names given to the various forms include: small brown bunyip, blue-green bunyip, heathlands bunyip, Eungella bunyip, Atherton bunyip, Paluma bunyip and Whitsunday bunyip.[3]
The length of the forewing is 22–36 mm. Colours within the species complex vary from rich brown through grey-brown to green and blue-green.[3]
