Zannini
The Zannini are a tribe of Fulgoromorphan insects, whose placement is the subject to debate: some authorities placing the Zanninae at the sub-family level [1] and others, based on molecular analysis, questioning whether it should even be placed in the Fulgoridae.[2]
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| Zanna sp. | |
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| Tribe: | Zannini Metcalf, 1938 |
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| Zanna Kirkaldy, 1902 | |
Genera
The Hemiptera database [3] indicates that there are six genera, distributed in tropical Africa and Asia:
African genera:
- Pseudodictya Schmidt, 1924 (Congo: 1 sp. P. splinteri)
- Radamana Distant 1906 (Madagascar: 2 spp.)
- Rhicnophloea Gerstaecker, 1895 (sub-Saharan Africa: 4 spp.)
- Ruehlella Schmidt, 1924 (Cameroon, Congo: 2 spp.)
Asian genera:
- Samsama Distant, 1906 (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra: 1 sp. S. chersonesia)
- Zanna Kirkaldy, 1902 (widespread in Asia, also sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar: 37 spp.)
See also
Data related to Fulgoridae at Wikispecies
Media related to Zannini at Wikimedia Commons
References
- Lallemand, Victor (1963). "Revision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxième Partie. Faunes Asiatique et Australienne". Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (2nd series). 75: 1–99.
- 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.004. PMID 19118634.
- The Hemiptera database (FLOW): Fulgorinae (retrieved 15/11/2017)
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