Zanna (planthopper) explained

Zanna is a genus of tropical planthoppers (family Fulgoridae) found in Asia and Africa, now belonging to the monotypic subfamily Zanninae.

Taxonomy

The tribe Zannini previously contained other genera, but its placement was the subject to debate: it is now the only genus and placed in the Zanninae at the sub-family level.^[1] However, although currently placed in the family Fulgoridae, molecular studies question this placement, as the genus is sister taxon to the Dictyopharidae and Fulgoridae combined, rather than Fulgoridae alone.^[2]

Description

The forewings are bodies are mostly grey with black speckling, and they have a long head process with small lateral spines and some folds on the surface.

Species

The Hemiptera database^[3] lists the following species:

1. Zanna affinis (Westwood, 1838) - India, Nepal, Indonesia (Java)
2. Zanna angolana Lallemand, 1959 - Angola
3. Zanna ascendens Lallemand, 1959 - Africa
4. Zanna baculus (Gerstaecker, 1895) - Sierra Leone
5. Zanna basibrunnea (Schmidt, 1906)
6. Zanna beieri Lallemand, 1959 - Africa
7. Zanna bouriezi Lallemand, 1959 - Africa
8. Zanna capensis Lallemand, 1966 - Africa
9. Zanna chennelli (Distant, 1906) - Assam
10. Zanna chinensis (Distant, 1893) - India, China (Yunnan), Thailand, Japan
11. Zanna chopardi Lallemand, 1942 - Africa
12. Zanna clavaticeps (Karsch, 1890) - DR Congo, Rwanda
13. Zanna dalyi (Distant, 1905) - Thailand
14. Zanna dohrni (Stål, 1858) - India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Java)
15. Zanna flammea (Linné, 1763)
16. Zanna intricata (Walker, 1858) - Africa
17. Zanna natalensis (Distant, 1893) - KwaZulu-Natal
18. Zanna nobilis (Westwood, 1838)
19. Zanna noduligera Melichar, 1908 - DR Congo
20. Zanna orientalis Lallemand, 1959 (likely synonym of Saiva transversolineatahttps://www.inaturalist.org/posts/76562-very-preliminary-notes-on-the-zanna-of-africa-with-photos-of-17-species
21. Zanna ornata Melichar, 1908
22. Zanna pauliani (Lallemand, 1950)
23. Zanna pulmuncula (Distant, 1905) - Indonesia (Java)
24. Zanna punctata (Olivier, 1791)
25. Zanna pustulosa Gerstaecker, 1873
26. Zanna rendalli Distant, 1905
27. Zanna robusticephalica Liang, 2017 - China (Yunnan)
28. Zanna schweizeri (Schmidt, 1906)
29. Zanna servillei (Spinola, 1839) - Indonesia (Java)
30. Zanna soni Lallemand, 1959
31. Zanna tapirus (Distant, 1905) - Southeast Asia (Java)
32. Zanna tenebrosa (Fabricius, 1775) - (incl. madagascariensis) type species - DR Congo, Madagascar, Tanzania
33. Zanna terminalis (Gerstaecker, 1895) - Malesia
34. Zanna turrita (Gerstaecker, 1895) - Tanzania
35. Zanna westwoodi Metcalf, 1947
36. Zanna wroughtoni (Distant, 1907) - South Africa

External links

• • • Hemiptera Database

Notes and References

1. https://flow.hemiptera-databases.org/flow/?page=explorer&db=flow&lang=en&card=taxon&rank=subfamily&id=22546 Zanninae at FLOW
2. Urban, Julie M. . Cryan, Jason R.. 2009. Entomologically famous, evolutionarily unexplored: the first phylogeny of the lanternfly family Fulgoridae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 50. 3. 471 - 484. 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.004. 19118634. 2009MolPE..50..471U .
3. https://flow.hemiptera-databases.org/flow/?page=explorer&db=flow&lang=en&card=taxon&rank=genus&id=6578 Hemiptera database (FLOW): Zanna (retrieved 22 November 2017)