Platypsalta mixta

Platypsalta mixta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Platypsalta
Species:
P. mixta
Binomial name
Platypsalta mixta
Synonyms
  • Pauropsalta mixta Distant, 1914

Platypsalta mixta is a species of cicada, also known as the black scrub-buzzer, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia, where it occurs in low, open, grassy woodland habitats in New South Wales and southern Queensland. It was described in 1914 by English entomologist William Lucas Distant.[1] [2]

References

  1. ^ a b Distant, WL (1914). "Some undescribed Cicadidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (14): 61–65 [64].
  2. ^ a b "Species Platypsalta mixta (Distant, 1914)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-11-02.


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