Thopha colorata, commonly known as the golden drummer, is an Australian cicada native to Central Australia. Adult cicadas alight exclusively on river red gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis).[1] The nymph is 18–20 millimetres (0.71–0.79 in) long and is a dull brown colour.[2]
^Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (1990). Australian Cicadas. Kensington, New South Wales: New South Wales University Press. pp. 54–55. ISBN 0-86840-139-0.
^Hawkeswood, Trevor J. (2007). "Finlayson (1935), an overlooked reference on the biology and distribution of the Australian cicada, Thopha colorata Distant, 1907 (Homoptera: Cicadidae)" (PDF). Calodema Supplementary Paper. 51: 1–3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2014.
Thophacolorata, commonly known as the golden drummer, is an Australian cicada native to Central Australia. Adult cicadas alight exclusively on river...
recognised, the double drummer (Thopha saccata), the northern double drummer (T. sessiliba), the golden drummer (T. colorata), T. emmotti and T. hutchinsoni...