Burbunga Explained

Burbunga is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in Australia. There are about 11 described species in Burbunga.

Burbunga is the only genus of the tribe Burbungini.

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Burbunga:

• Burbunga albofasciata Distant, 1907
• Burbunga aterrima Distant, 1914
• Burbunga gilmorei (Distant, 1882)
• Burbunga hillieri (Distant, 1907)
• Burbunga inornata Distant, 1905
• Burbunga mouldsi Olive, 2012
• Burbunga nanda (Burns, 1964)
• Burbunga nigrosignata (Distant, 1904)
• Burbunga occidentalis (Distant, 1912)
• Burbunga parva Moulds, 1994
• Burbunga queenslandica Moulds, 1994

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Moulds . M.S.. 2005. An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna. Records of the Australian Museum. 57. 3. 375–446. 0067-1975. 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. free.
• Moulds . M.S.. 2018. Cicada fossils (Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae and Cicadidae) with a review of the named fossilised Cicadidae. Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4438. 3. 443–470. 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.2. 30313130. free.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. 2009. Checklist, new species and key to the cicadas of Cuba (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 56. 1. 85–92. 0012-0073. 10.1002/mmnd.200900007.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. 2007. New species, new records and checklist of cicadas from Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae). Zootaxa. 1651. 1–42. 1175-5334.
• Book: 2018-07-04. Sanborn . Allen. 2013. Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Academic Press. 1. 9780124166479.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. Heath . Maxine S.. 2017. Priority and synonymy of some North American cicada genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini). Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4243. 2. 377–382. 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.8. 28610155.
• Sanborn . A.F.. Phillips . P.K.. 2013. Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico. Diversity. 5. 2. 166–239. 10.3390/d5020166. free.
• Van Duzee . E.P.. 1915. A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23. 1. 21–44.