Kobonga fuscomarginata
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Kobonga |
| Species: | K. fuscomarginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Kobonga fuscomarginata | |
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Kobonga fuscomarginata is a species of cicada, also known as the slow dinger, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1914 by English entomologist William Lucas Distant.[1]
Description
The length of the forewing is 19–26 mm.[3]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs from Diamantina National Park southwards through southern Queensland and inland New South Wales to Mildura in north-western Victoria. Its associated habitat is box eucalypt woodland and sparse semi-arid shrubland.[3][2]
Behaviour
Adult males are heard from October to February, sitting on the upper branches of trees and shrubs, uttering repetitive sequences of zeeps, followed by slow cling-cling-cling-cling calls.[3]
References
- ^ a b Distant, WL (1914). "Some undescribed Cicadidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (14): 61–65 [63–64].
- ^ a b "Species Kobonga fuscomarginata (Distant, 1914)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
- ^ a b c "Slow Dinger Kobonga fuscomarginata (Distant, 1914)". A web guide to the cicadas of Australia. Popple Creative Industries. 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-14.