Bioacoustics of Xeropsalta

Genus

14 recordings

Account

What the sources say about this taxon, as written.

description · Plazi

The songs of Xeropsalta species clearly differ from those of Mugadina species, the latter all with distinctly ticking calls that somewhat resemble a Geiger counter. In a molecular phylogeny by Marshall et al . (2016) Xeropsalta is represented by a clade of four species, X. festiva , an undescribed species allied to X. festiva , X. thomsoni (as ‘Noonbah tan’), and X. eremica sp. nov. (as ‘Nullarbor green’) and described here. This clade is sister to one containing Paradina leichardti , Mugadina superba Ewart & Moulds, 2021 (as ‘superb grass cicada’), an undescribed species coded as ‘machine gun ticker’, and two undescribed species of Dipsopsalta Moulds, 2012 .

this account at Plazi

Recordings

14 in audioBlast.

iNat346497987 Thomson River Grass-shaker (Xeropsalta thomsoni)
Nick Lambert 2026-03-31 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat346787839 Thomson River Grass-shaker (Xeropsalta thomsoni)
Thomas Mesaglio 2026-03-30 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat349739184 Thomson River Grass-shaker (Xeropsalta thomsoni)
Sarah Sun 2026-03-14 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat349739187 Thomson River Grass-shaker (Xeropsalta thomsoni)
Sarah Sun 2026-03-11 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat349739187 Thomson River Grass-shaker (Xeropsalta thomsoni)
Sarah Sun 2026-03-11 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat320827923 Bee Gleeper (Xeropsalta festiva)
David Egan 2025-10-14 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat321790966 Bee Gleeper (Xeropsalta festiva)
venator00 2025-10-19 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat320827923 Bee Gleeper (Xeropsalta festiva)
David Egan 2025-10-14 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat321790966 Bee Gleeper (Xeropsalta festiva)
venator00 2025-10-19 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat346497987 Thomson River Grass-shaker (Xeropsalta thomsoni)
Nick Lambert 2026-03-31 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat346787839 Thomson River Grass-shaker (Xeropsalta thomsoni)
Thomas Mesaglio 2026-03-30 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat349739184 Thomson River Grass-shaker (Xeropsalta thomsoni)
Sarah Sun 2026-03-14 iNaturalist listen › record

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The rows audioBlast holds for this taxon, each matched to the same Catalogue of Life node. Where a source classifies it differently, its own classification is kept.

SourceIts nameIts rankIts familyRecord
PlaziXeropsaltaGenusCicadidaePlazi/Xeropsalta
iNaturalistXeropsaltaGenusCicadidaeiNaturalist/1436596

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