Species Birrima varians (Germar, 1834)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cicada varians Germar, E.F. 1834. Observations sur plusieurs espšces du genre Cicada, Latr. Revue Entomologique (Silbermann) 2: 49-82, pls. 19-26 [59].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM 1♂ 3♀ (for information on syntypes, see Ewart (1990)), Australasia.

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Open forest, open woodland.

 

General References

Ewart, A. 1990. Status of the Germar and Leach types of Australian cicadas (Homoptera) held at the Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford. Australian Entomological Magazine 17(1): 1-5 [2]