List of Zoraida species


Zoraida is a large genus of planthoppers in the tribe Zoraidini of the family Derbidae. As of 2024, it comprises three subgenera and around 120 species. The species are found in tropical and some subtropical parts of Asia, Africa and parts of Australia and the western Pacific. This page provides for each subgenus an overview of the species, their distribution records and other details. "Wing length" means the length of the forewing which have been converted in some cases from measurements of expanded forewings according to the formula , derived from published illustrations.

Subgenus ''Neozoraida">Zoraida (Neozoraida)">Neozoraida''

§ Type species
‡ Renamed

SpeciesAuthorityBasionymRangeWing lengthReferences
Zoraida carpenteriMuir, 1928n/aUganda, Nigeria
Zoraida fletcheriDistant, 1916Zoraida variipennis Distant 1911Sri Lanka
Zoraida gilvaDistant, 1906n/aSri Lanka
Zoraida insignataYang & Wu, 1993n/aTaiwan
Zoraida maculicostataMuir, 1928n/aSierra Leone
Zoraida motschoulskyiDistant, 1906n/aSri Lanka
Zoraida obsoletaThracia obsoleta Kirby, 1891Sri Lanka
§Zoraida ugandensisDistant, 1914n/aUganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zoraida vanstalleiDmitriev, 2020Zoraida silvicola van Stalle, 1988Ivory Coast

Subgenus ''Peggiopsis">Zoraida (Peggiopsis)">Peggiopsis''

SpeciesAuthorityBasionymRangeWing lengthReferences
Zoraida aeneavan Stalle, 1983n/aNigeria
Zoraida distantiMuir, 1918n/aSierra Leone, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Zoraida javanaPeggiopsis javana Melichar, 1914Indonesia (Java)
Zoraida kempiMuir, 1922n/aIndia
Zoraida longaYang & Wu, 1993n/aTaiwan
Zoraida niviferaThracia nivifera Walker, 1870Indonesia
Zoraida punctipennisThracia punctipennis Walker, 1870Indonesia, New Guinea
Zoraida rufifinisThracia punctipennis Walker, 1870Indonesia
Zoraida smedleyiMuir, 1926n/aIndonesia
Zoraida spectraDistant, 1911n/aIndia
Zoraida wallaceiMuir, 1918n/aSingapore

Subgenus ''Zoraida''">Zoraida (Zoraida)">''Zoraida''

Type species: Derbe sinuosa Boheman, 1838Zoraida aburiensis Muir, 1918 - Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Central African RepublicZoraida albida - "Sula" Zoraida angolensis Synave, 1973 - AngolaZoraida bohemani - Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, South Africa Zoraida borneensis Distant, 1907 - BorneoZoraida boulardi Synave, 1973 - Central African Republic, TogoZoraida ceylonica - Sri LankaZoraida confusa Yang & Wu, 1993 - TaiwanZoraida consanguinea Distant, 1907 - Australia Zoraida costalis - Indonesia, New GuineaZoraida cumulata - Indonesia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri LankaZoraida curta Yang & Wu, 1993 - TaiwanZoraida cycnoptera Distant, 1907 - Australia Zoraida dubia Yang & Wu, 1993 - TaiwanZoraida ephemeralis - Indonesia, New GuineaZoraida erythractis Distant, 1907 - BorneoZoraida essingtonii - Australia
  • * Zoraida essingtonii porphyrion Fennah, 1969 - New Caledonia, Australia Zoraida eupoecila Distant, 1907 - Australia Zoraida evansi Distant, 1914 - Ghana, NigeriaZoraida flava Yang & Wu, 1993 - TaiwanZoraida flavocostata Distant, 1914 - Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, NigeriaZoraida freta Yang & Wu, 1993 - TaiwanZoraida fulgans Muir, 1923 - MadagascarZoraida fuligipennis Muir, 1928 - Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, NigeriaZoraida furcata Yang & Wu, 1993 - TaiwanZoraida fuscipennis - Indonesia Zoraida gravida Yang & Wu, 1993 - TaiwanZoraida histrionica Distant, 1914 - IndiaZoraida horishana Matsumura, 1914 - Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, far-eastern RussiaZoraida insolita Yang & Wu, 1993 - TaiwanZoraida kirkaldyi Muir, 1918 - Sri LankaZoraida koannania Matsumura, 1914 - Taiwan, South KoreaZoraida kotoshoensis Matsumura, 1938 - TaiwanZoraida lankana - Sri LankaZoraida limnobialis - Philippines Zoraida lusca Yang & Wu, 1993 - TaiwanZoraida nitobii Muir, 1914 - TaiwanZoraida njalensis Muir, 1928 - Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African RepublicZoraida nyasensis Distant, 1914 - Malawi, Democratic Republic of CongoZoraida pattersoni Distant, 1914 - Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African RepublicZoraida picta Distant, 1907 - Australia Zoraida picturata Distant, 1914 - MalawiZoraida propria Yang & Wu, 1993 - TaiwanZoraida pseudosylvicola Muir, 1913 - Borneo, Indonesia Zoraida pterophoroides - Taiwan, China, Japan, Malaysia, Burma, Sri Lanka
  • * Zoraida pterophoroides fistulator Fennah, 1956 - PalauZoraida ridleyi Muir, 1918 - SingaporeZoraida rufivena Distant, 1906 - Sri LankaZoraida scutellaris - Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands Zoraida separata Yang & Wu, 1993 - TaiwanZoraida sexnotata - Indonesia, Australia Zoraida sinuosa - Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cameroon, Togo, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African RepublicZoraida sudanica Synave, 1973 - South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African RepublicZoraida venusta Yang & Wu, 1993 - TaiwanZoraida zairensis van Stalle, 1983 - Democratic Republic of Congo

Unassigned to a subgenus

Peggiopsis dorsimaculata Muir, 1917 - PhilippinesPeggiopsis dorsopunctata - PhilippinesPeggiopsis flavicornis - PhilippinesPeggiopsis irrorata - PhilippinesPeggiopsis nigrovenosa Muir, 1915 - Indonesia Peggiopsis pallida Muir, 1917 - PhilippinesPeggiopsis pseudoflavicornis Muir, 1917 - PhilippinesPeggiopsis pseudojavana Muir, 1917 - PhilippinesPeggiopsis pseudopuncticosta Muir, 1917 - PhilippinesPeggiopsis puncticosta - Philippines Peggiopsis rufa Muir, 1913 - Indonesia Peggiopsis stali Muir, 1917 - PhilippinesZoraida albicans Anufriev, 1968 - far-eastern Russia, Japan, South KoreaZoraida bakeri Muir, 1922 - BorneoZoraida bouchneri Synave, 1982 - Central African Republic, LiberiaZoraida brunnipennis Muir, 1922 - India Zoraida egregia - Sri LankaZoraida falsa Muir, 1924 - PhilippinesZoraida ficta Distant, 1906 - Sri LankaZoraida flaviventris Muir, 1917 - PhilippinesZoraida fuliginosa Muir, 1913 - Papua New GuineaZoraida howei Schmidt, 1926 - Indonesia Zoraida hubeiensis Chou, Lu, Huang & Wang, 1985 - China, South KoreaZoraida hyalina Melichar, 1914 - Indonesia, PhilippinesZoraida javanica - Indonesia, PhilippinesZoraida kalshoveni Muir, 1922 - Singapore, Indonesia Zoraida karnyi Muir, 1926 - Indonesia Zoraida kuwayamae - Japan, South KoreaZoraida lalokensis Muir, 1913 - Papua New GuineaZoraida laratae Muir, 1913 - Indonesia Zoraida lutescens Muir, 1917 - PhilippinesZoraida maculata Muir, 1917 - PhilippinesZoraida maculicosta Schmidt, 1926 - Indonesia Zoraida mcgregori Muir, 1922 - PhilippinesZoraida melichari Muir, 1917 - PhilippinesZoraida obscura Melichar, 1914 - Indonesia Zoraida padangensis Muir, 1926 - Indonesia Zoraida parvalata Van Stalle, 1988 - Ivory CoastZoraida procterythra Jacobi, 1941 - Indonesia Zoraida rectifrons Van Stalle, 1988 - Ivory CoastZoraida rubrolineata Schmidt, 1926 - Indonesia Zoraida sexpunctata Van Stalle, 1988 - Ivory CoastZoraida superba Muir, 1913 - Papua New GuineaZoraida sylvicola Muir, 1913 - Borneo, Indonesia Zoraida taiensis Van Stalle, 1988 - Ivory CoastZoraida westwoodi - PhilippinesZoraida zeijsti Van Stalle, 1988 - Ivory Coast