''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 group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment ...

s 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 spe ...

, erected by William Lucas Distant 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 in ...

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'' (Walker, 1862) # '' Lawana exsoleta'' 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 planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar confir ...

'' (Melichar, 1902) (3 subsp.) # '' Lawana hyalina'' (Schmidt, 1904) # ''

Lawana imitata ''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 confir ...

'' (Melichar, 1902) # '' Lawana lineola'' Walker, 1870 # '' Lawana marginata'' (Walker, 1859) # '' Lawana modesta'' 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 confir ...

'' (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 confir ...

'' (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 confir ...

'' (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 confir ...

'' (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 confir ...

'' (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