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Distribution: The dryer parts of mainland Australia, including much of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales. Absent from the south-west corner of Western Australia and all of Victoria, apart from the far north-west. Area of diversity: Relatively uniform throughout, with one to two species in most localities. List of species: Pale Spinifex Cicada Burbunga albofasciata Distant, 1907 Western Screamer Burbunga aterrima (Distant, 1914) Western Bark Cicada Burbunga gilmorei (Distant, 1882) Desert Screamer Burbunga hillieri (Distant, 1907) Western Screamer Burbunga inornata Distant, 1905 Mareeba Bark Cicada Burbunga mouldsi Olive, 2012 Charcoal Screamer Burbunga nanda (Burns, 1964) Floury Bark Cicada Burbunga nigrosignata (Distant 1904) South-western Whiner Burbunga occidentalis (Distant, 1912) Small Northern Bark Cicada Burbunga parva Moulds, 1994 Queensland Bark Cicada Burbunga queenslandica Moulds, 1994

Queensland Bark Cicada

Mareeba Bark Cicada

Western Bark Cicada

Desert Screamer

Small Northern Bark Cicada

South-western Whiner

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Floury Bark Cicada

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Charcoal Screamer