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	© Dr Lindsay Popple \| A Web Guide to the Cicadas of Australia [⊗]

Myopsalta species
Fence Buzzer

Conservation status: Least Concern

Previously known as Notopsalta atrata, this cicada is currently under taxonomic review. Adults are very wary, but they have been found in Queensland and New South Wales.

Scientific Classification
Order: Family: Genus: Species:	Hemiptera Cicadidae Myopsalta ?

For more information about this cicada and to hear its song, please go to Dr Lindsay Popple's website: A web guide to The cicadas of Australia – Fence Buzzer - Myopsalta sp. (c.f. crucifera)

References:

Popple, Dr L.W.; A web guide to The cicadas of Australia; Private correspondence, 2016.
Atlas of Living Australia – Myopsalta