Species Kobonga apicata (Ashton, 1914)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Melampsalta apicata Ashton, H. 1914. Catalogue of the Cicadidae of the South Australian Museum with descriptions of several new species. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 38: 345-358, pl. xvii [352].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA unknown, Cue, WA.

Generic Combinations

• Kobonga apicata (Ashton, 1914). —
  Moulds, M.S. 2012. A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa 3287: 1-262 [74, 137]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Low shrubland, tall open shrubland.

Extra Ecological Information

In central QLD brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) and lancewood (A. shirleyi) are favoured. At Lake Broadwater it occurs in sheoaks (Casuarina spp.).

History of changes