''Lawana''Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham 20 is a genus of planthoppers in the family

Flatidae Flatidae are a family of fulgoroid planthoppers. They are cosmopolitan in distribution and are distinguished from others in the superfamily by a combination of characters. Like all other planthoppers, they suck phloem sap of plants. Some spec ...

, erected by

William Lucas Distant William Lucas Distant (12 November 1845 Rotherhithe – 4 February 1922 Wanstead) was an English entomologist. Biography Early years Distant was born in Rotherhithe, the son of whaling captain Alexander Distant Rao, B.R. Subba (1998) ''Histor ...

in 1906. In 1923,

Leopold Melichar Leopold Melichar (5 December 1856 – 2 September 1924) was a Moravian entomologist and physician who specialized in the taxonomy of the leafhoppers. Melichar was born in Brno, Moravia and studied medicine in Prague before beginning practice i ...

confirmed placement of this genus in tribe

Flatini The Flatinae are a subfamily of planthoppers, erected by Maximilian Spinola in 1839. Genera have been recorded from all continents except Antarctica: especially in tropical and subtropical regions. Description Like all other planthoppers, they ...

and subtribe Lawanina. Species are recorded from tropical Africa and Asia.

Species

Flatid hopper Lawana conspersa (16525141251)

''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web''Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): ''Lawana'' Distant, 1906 (retrieved 29 July 2022)
/ref> includes: # '' Lawana adscendens'' (Fabricius, 1803) # '' Lawana arguta'' (Melichar, 1902) # '' Lawana candida'' (Fabricius, 1798) - type species (2 subsp.) # '' Lawana conspersa'' (Walker, 1851) # '' Lawana divisa'' (Melichar, 1902) # ''

Lawana exaltata ''Lawana''Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham 20 is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar conf ...

'' (Walker, 1862) # ''

Lawana exsoleta ''Lawana''Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham 20 is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar conf ...

'' Melichar, 1902 # ''

Lawana guttifascia ''Lawana''Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham 20 is a genus of planthopper A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a ...

'' (Melichar, 1902) (3 subsp.) # ''

Lawana hyalina ''Lawana''Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham 20 is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar conf ...

'' (Schmidt, 1904) # '' Lawana imitata'' (Melichar, 1902) # ''

Lawana lineola ''Lawana''Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham 20 is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar conf ...

'' Walker, 1870 # ''

Lawana marginata ''Lawana''Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham 20 is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar conf ...

'' (Walker, 1859) # ''

Lawana modesta ''Lawana''Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham 20 is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar conf ...

'' Distant, 1910 # ''

Lawana obliqua ''Lawana''Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham 20 is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar conf ...

'' (Melichar, 1902) # ''

Lawana optata ''Lawana''Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham 20 is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar conf ...

'' (Melichar, 1902) (2 subsp.) # ''

Lawana partita ''Lawana''Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham 20 is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar conf ...

'' (Melichar, 1902) # ''

Lawana pryeri ''Lawana''Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham 20 is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar conf ...

'' (Distant, 1880) # '' Lawana pura'' (Schmidt, 1904) # ''

Lawana radiata ''Lawana''Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham 20 is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar conf ...

'' (Distant, 1906) # '' Lawana unipunctata'' (Schmidt, 1904) # '' Lawana usambarae'' (Melichar, 1905)

References

External links

# # {{taxonbar, from=Q10555238 Flatidae Auchenorrhyncha genera Hemiptera of Africa Hemiptera of Asia