Macrotristria worora

Macrotristria worora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Macrotristria
Species:
M. worora
Binomial name
Macrotristria worora
Burns, 1964[1][2]

Macrotristria worora, also known as the Kimberley whiner, is a species of cicada in the true cicada family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1964 by Australian entomologist Alexander Noble Burns[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the Northern Kimberley bioregion of north-west Western Australia. The holotype was collected at Yampi.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Burns, AN (1964). "Revision of the genus Macrotristria Stål (Cicadidae-Homoptera-Hemiptera) with descriptions of new species)". Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne. 26: 77–123 [106].
  2. ^ a b c "Species Macrotristria worora Burns, 1964". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-23.


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