Kobonga fuscomarginata

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]

Kobonga fuscomarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Kobonga
Species:	K. fuscomarginata
Binomial name
Kobonga fuscomarginata (Distant, 1914)[1][2]
Synonyms
Pauropsalta fuscomarginata Distant, 1914

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]