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Yanga Distant 1904

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Yanga Distant, 1904a

Yanga Distant 1904a: 297.

Type species.— Poecilopsaltria hova Distant 1901: 591 (Madagascar).

Remarks.—Fore wing costal margin prominently dilated or arched at base, lateral pronotum without spine-like extension

Distribution.—Species of the genus have been reported from Madagascar, the Comoro Islands, Zanzibar Island (=Unguja), and Pemba Island (Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2013). The species previously reported from the Seychelles is now in its own genus (Boulard 2010).

Notes

Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2021, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of Madagascar including a new tribe, five new genera, twelve new species, four new species synonymies, five revised species status, ten new combinations, new tribal assignments for four genera, one new subtribe synonymy, a checklist and key to the species, pp. 1-79 in Zootaxa 4937 (1) on page 9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4937.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4559438

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Distant
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadidae
Genus
Yanga
Taxon rank
genus
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Yanga Distant, 1904 sec. Sanborn, 2021

References

  • Distant, W. L. (1904 a) Rhynchotal notes XXVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, 14, 293 - 303. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03745480409443011
  • Distant, W. L. (1901) Contributions to the knowledge of the Rhynchota. Transaction of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 1901, 581 - 592. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1901. tb 01374. x
  • Metcalf, Z. P. (1963 a) General catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section I. Tibiceninae. North Carolina State College Contribution, 1502, i-vii + 1 - 585.
  • Duffels, J. P. & van der Laan, P. A. (1985) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Homoptera, Auchenorhyncha) 1956 - 1980. Series Entomologica 34. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrect, 414 pp.
  • Sanborn, A. F. (2013) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). With contributions to the bibliography by Martin H. Villet. Elsevier / Academic Press, San Diego, 1001 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / b 978 - 0 - 12 - 416647 - 9.00001 - 2
  • Boulard, M. (2010) Creation du genre Sechellalna pour Yanga seychellensis Distant 1912 Cigale depurvue d'organe sonore (Rhynchota, Cicadidae). Lambillionea, CX, 334 - 337.