Thopha
Genus of true bugs
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Thopha (from Hebrew: תף, romanized: tof, lit. 'drum'[1]) is a genus of cicadas native to Australia. They are also known as double drummers. Genetic and morphological data show that Thopha is closely related to the genus Arunta; together they comprise the tribe Thophini.
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| Female Thopha saccata (behind, left) male (front, right) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadinae |
| Tribe: | Thophini |
| Genus: | Thopha Amyot and Serville, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Tettigonia saccata Fabricius, 1803 | |
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Species
There are five described species:[2][3]
- Thopha colorata Distant, 1907 (Orange Drummer, Golden Drummer)
- Thopha emmotti Moulds, 2001 (Desert Double Drummer)
- Thopha hutchinsoni Moulds, 2008 (Pilbara Double Drummer)
- Thopha saccata (Fabricius, 1803) (Eastern Double Drummer)
- Thopha sessiliba Distant, 1892 (Northern Double Drummer)
- T. s. sessiliba Distant, 1892
- T. s. clamoris Moulds & Hill, 2015[4]
