Uradolichos rotunda
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| Uradolichos rotunda | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Uradolichos |
| Species: | U. rotunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Uradolichos rotunda | |
Uradolichos rotunda is a species of cicada, also known as the dark tiger-squawker, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2016 by entomologists Christopher Owen and Maxwell Sydney Moulds.[1][2]
The specific epithet rotunda comes from Latin rotundus (round), referring to the bulbous abdomen.[1]
