Zanna (planthopper)


Zanna is a genus of tropical planthoppers 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. 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.

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 lists the following species:
  1. Zanna affinis - India, Nepal, Indonesia
  2. Zanna angolana Lallemand, 1959 - Angola
  3. Zanna ascendens Lallemand, 1959 - Africa
  4. Zanna baculus - Sierra Leone
  5. Zanna basibrunnea
  6. Zanna beieri Lallemand, 1959 - Africa
  7. Zanna bouriezi Lallemand, 1959 - Africa
  8. Zanna capensis Lallemand, 1966 - Africa
  9. Zanna chennelli - Assam
  10. Zanna chinensis - India, China, Thailand, Japan
  11. Zanna chopardi Lallemand, 1942 - Africa
  12. Zanna clavaticeps - DR Congo, Rwanda
  13. Zanna dalyi - Thailand
  14. Zanna dohrni - India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia
  15. Zanna flammea
  16. Zanna intricata - Africa
  17. Zanna natalensis - KwaZulu-Natal
  18. Zanna nobilis
  19. Zanna noduligera Melichar, 1908 - DR Congo
  20. Zanna orientalis Lallemand, 1959
  21. Zanna pulmuncula - Indonesia
  22. Zanna punctata
  23. Zanna pustulosa Gerstaecker, 1873
  24. Zanna rendalli Distant, 1905
  25. Zanna robusticephalica Liang, 2017 - China
  26. Zanna schweizeri
  27. Zanna servillei - Indonesia
  28. Zanna soni Lallemand, 1959
  29. Zanna tapirus - Southeast Asia
  30. Zanna tenebrosa - type species - DR Congo, Madagascar, Tanzania
  31. Zanna terminalis - Malesia
  32. Zanna turrita - Tanzania
  33. Zanna westwoodi Metcalf, 1947
  34. Zanna wroughtoni - South Africa