Yanga (cicada)

Yanga
Yanga andriana
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Platypleurini
Genus:
Distant, 1904

Yanga is a genus of cicadas from Madagascar, Nosy Be, Comoros, Mayotte, and Pemba Island. There are about 15 described species in Yanga.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Yanga:

  • Yanga andriana (Distant, 1899) (Madagascar)
  • Yanga antiopa (Karsch, 1890) (Madagascar)
  • Yanga argyrea (Melichar, 1896) (Madagascar)
  • Yanga bouvieri Distant, 1905 (Madagascar)
  • Yanga brancsiki (Distant, 1893) (Madagascar)
  • Yanga grandidieri Distant, 1905 (Madagascar)
  • Yanga guttulata (Signoret, 1860) (Madagascar)
  • Yanga heathi (Distant, 1899) (Madagascar)
  • Yanga hova (Distant, 1901) (Madagascar)
  • Yanga johanae Boulard, 2022
  • Yanga mahajangaensis Sanborn, 2021 (Madagascar)
  • Yanga mayottensis Boulard, 1990 (Mayotte)
  • Yanga pembana (Distant, 1899)
  • Yanga pulverea (Distant, 1882) (Madagascar)
  • Yanga viettei Boulard, 1981 (Comoros)

References

  1. ^ "GBIF, Yanga". Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  2. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Yanga Distant, 1904". Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  3. ^ Dmitriev, D.A. (2024). "World Auchenorrhyncha Database". Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  4. ^ Distant, W. L. 1912. Homoptera Fam. Cicadidae, Subfam. Cicadinae. Genera Insectorum Fasc. 142. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles