Platypleura Maytenophila

''Platypleura'' is a genus of cicadas that occurs widely across Africa and southern Asia. Some of the South African species are remarkable for their endothermic thermoregulation that enables crepuscular signalling, an adaptation that reduces risk of predation and enables a greater range for their calls. In field experiments their maximum body temperature while calling at dusk, was measured at 22 °C above ambient temperature.

The Platypleurini are distributed from the Cape in South Africa, throughout sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, through India and south East Asia, to Japan. The faunas of West Africa and Madagascar are distinctive, while those of southern and east Africa resemble the Asian group. Endothermy occurs in several large-bodied South American and South African species, but not in related small-bodied species.

List of species

*''Platypleura affinis'' ( Fabricius, 1803)
*''Platypleura afzelii'' Stål, 1854
*''Platypleura albigera'' Walker, 1850 – Western Cape, Eastern Cape
*''Platypleura albivannata'' Hayashi, 1974 – Japan
*''Platypleura andamana'' Distant, 1878 – Andaman Islands
*''Platypleura arabica'' Myers, 1928 – United Arab Emirates
*''Platypleura argentata'' Villet, 1987 – Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
*''Platypleura arminops'' ( Noualhier, 1896) – ThailandView Handout
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*''Platypleura assamensis'' Atkinson, 1884 – Jalpaiguri
*''Platypleura auropilosa'' ( Kato, 1940) – Thailand
*''Platypleura basimacula'' Walker, 1850 – Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Northwest Province, Free State, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
*''Platypleura basi-viridis'' Walker, 1850 – India
*''Platypleura bettoni'' Distant, 1904
*''Platypleura bombifrons'' Karsch, 1890 – Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Zimbabwe
*''Platypleura brevis'' Walker, 1850 – Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi
*''Platypleura brunea'' Villet, 1989a – Eastern Cape, South Africa
*''Platypleura canescens'' Walker, 1870 – East Timor
*''Platypleura capensis'' (Linnaeus, 1764) – Western Cape and Eastern Cape, South Africa on ''Metalasia muricata'', ''Brachylaena discolor, 1790)
*''Platypleura centralis'' Distant, 1897
*''Platypleura chalybaea'' Villet, 1989a – Eastern Cape, South Africa on '' Euphorbia triangularis''
*''Platypleura ciliaris'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
*''Platypleura clara'' Amyot & Serville, 1843
*''Platypleura deusta'' ( Thunberg, 1822) – Mpumalanga, Kwazulu-Natal and Lesotho, South Africa on '' Leucosidea sericea'', ''Cliffortia''
*''Platypleura divisa'' ( Germar, 1834) – Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Kwazulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, South Africa on ''Maytenus heterophylla''
*''Platypleura fenestrata'' Uhler, 1862ahttp://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe82p34.pdf
*''Platypleura fulvigera'' (Walker, 1850)
*''Platypleura gowdeyi'' Distant, 1914 – South Africa on '' Acacia gerrardii''
*'' Platypleura haglundi'' Stål, 1866 – Northwest Province, Free State, Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Kwazulu-Natal, to Zimbabwe, Southern Africa on ''Acacia karroo'', ''Acacia'', ''Dichrostachys cinerea''
*''Platypleura hilpa'' (Walker, 1850)
*''Platypleura hirta'' Karsch, 1890 – Limpopo, Gauteng and Mpumalanga
*''Platypleura hirtipennis'' ( Germar, 1834) – Eastern Cape, South Africa on ''Acacia karroo''
*''Platypleura kaempferi_{( ja)}'' ( Fabricius, 1794) – Japan, China, Russia, Malaysia, Korean Peninsula, Taiwan.
*''Platypleura kuroiwae'' Matsumura, 1917 – Japan
*''Platypleura laticlavia'' Stål, 1858 – Northwest Province, Limpopo, Northern Cape, Botswana, Namibia
*''Platypleura lindiana'' Distant, 1905
*''Platypleura lyricen'' Kirkaldy
*''Platypleura machadoi'' Boulard, 1972
*''Platypleura marshalli'' Distant, 1897
*''Platypleura maytenophila'' Villet, 1987 – Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa on ''Maytenus heterophylla''
*''Platypleura mijburghi'' Villet, 1989a – Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo, South Africa on ''Maytenus heterophylla''

*''Platypleura mira'' (Distant, 1904) – Thailand
*''Platypleura miyakona'' Matsumura, 1917 – Japan
*''Platypleura murchisoni'' Distant, 1905e – Mpumalanga
*''Platypleura nigrolinea'' (De Geer, 1773) = ''P. stridula''
*''Platypleura nobilis'' ( Germar, 1830) – Thailand
*''Platypleura octoguttata'' ( Fabricius, 1798)
*''Platypleura poorvachala'' (Marathe et al., 2017)
*''Platypleura plumosa'' ( Germar, 1834) – Eastern Cape, South Africa on ''Acacia karroo''
*''Platypleura punctigera'' Walker, 1850 – Kwazulu-Natal, Eastern Cape
*''Platypleura quadraticollis'' Butler, 1874 – Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Botswana, Zimbabwe
*''Platypleura rutherfordi'' Distant, 1883
*''Platypleura signifera'' Walker, 1850 – Eastern Cape
*''Platypleura sobrina'' Stål, 1866
*''Platypleura stridula'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Western Cape, South Africa on ''Salix''
*''Platypleura sylvia'' Distant, 1899 – Sekhukhuneland
*''Platypleura takasagona'' _zh Matsumura, 1917 – Taiwan
*''Platypleura techowi'' Schumacher, 1913 – Northern Cape, Free State, North West Province, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
*''Platypleura turneri'' Boulard, 1975a – Western Cape
*''Platypleura wahlbergi'' Stål, 1855 – Eastern Cape and Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa on ''Acacia karroo''
*''Platypleura watsoni'' ( Distant, 1897) – Thailand
*''Platypleura westwoodi'' Stål, 1863
*''Platypleura yayeyamana'' Matsumura, 1917 – Japanヤエヤマニイニイの写真
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*''Platypleura zuluensis'' Villet, 1987 – Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Kwazulu-Natal

References

External links

TaxonomyJapanese siteAn Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna - M.S. Moulds

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Insects of Africa
Cicadidae genera
Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville
Taxa named by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot