''Zanna'' is a genus of tropical

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 (family

Fulgoridae The family Fulgoridae is a large group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, containing over 125 genera worldwide. They are mostly of moderate to large size, many with a superficial resemblance to Lepidoptera due t ...

) found in Asia and Africa, now belonging to the monotypic subfamily Zanninae.

Taxonomy

The

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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. Some authorities question whether it should even be placed in the Fulgoridae (see below).

Description

They are mostly grey with black speckling with a long snout with some folds on the surface. Although currently placed in the family Fulgoridae, molecular studies question this placement suggesting the genus may belong instead in

Dictyopharidae Dictyopharidae is a family of planthoppers, related to the Fulgoridae. The family comprises nearly 760 species in more than 150 genera which are grouped into two subfamilies, Dictyopharinae and Orgeriinae. Description Like all other fulgoroi ...

Gallery

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Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

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Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

) Lanternfly (Zanna servillei) (8572689192).jpg, ''Z. servillei'' (

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

)

Species

The

Hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...

databaseHemiptera database (FLOW): ''Zanna'' (retrieved 22 November 2017)
/ref> lists the following species: # '' Zanna affinis'' (Westwood, 1838) - India, Nepal, Indonesia (Java) # '' Zanna angolana'' Lallemand, 1959 - Angola # '' Zanna ascendens'' Lallemand, 1959 - Africa # '' Zanna baculus'' (Gerstaecker, 1895) - Sierra Leone # '' Zanna basibrunnea'' (Schmidt, 1906) # '' Zanna beieri'' Lallemand, 1959 - Africa # '' Zanna bouriezi'' Lallemand, 1959 - Africa # ''

Zanna capensis "Zanna" is a song originally written and performed by Belgian musician Luc van Acker and American singer Anna Domino in 1984. A successful cover was performed by Belgian musician and songwriter Selah Sue, Tom Barman and The Subs. This version was ...

'' Lallemand, 1966 - Africa # '' Zanna chennelli'' (Distant, 1906) - Assam # '' Zanna chinensis'' (Distant, 1893) - Assam, China (Yunnan), Vietnam # '' Zanna chopardi'' Lallemand, 1942 - Africa # '' Zanna clavaticeps'' (Karsch, 1890) - DR Congo, Rwanda # ''

Zanna dalyi "Zanna" is a song originally written and performed by Belgian musician Luc van Acker and American singer Anna Domino in 1984. A successful cover was performed by Belgian musician and songwriter Selah Sue, Tom Barman and The Subs. This version was ...

'' (Distant, 1905) - Thailand # ''

Zanna dohrni "Zanna" is a song originally written and performed by Belgian musician Luc van Acker and American singer Anna Domino in 1984. A successful cover was performed by Belgian musician and songwriter Selah Sue, Tom Barman and The Subs. This version was ...

'' (Stål, 1858) - India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Java) # ''

Zanna flammea "Zanna" is a song originally written and performed by Belgian musician Luc van Acker and American singer Anna Domino in 1984. A successful cover was performed by Belgian musician and songwriter Selah Sue, Tom Barman and The Subs. This version was ...

'' (Linné, 1763) # ''

Zanna intricata ''Zanna intricata'' is a species of lantern bug in the family Fulgoridae The family Fulgoridae is a large group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, containing over 125 genera worldwide. They are mostly of mod ...

'' (Walker, 1858) # ''

Zanna madagascariensis ''Zanna madagascariensis'', the Malagasy lantern bug, is endemic to Madagascar. It is a member of the Zanninae, considered to be a subfamily of the Fulgoridae The family Fulgoridae is a large group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant an ...

'' (Signoret, 1860) - Madagascar # ''

Zanna natalensis "Zanna" is a song originally written and performed by Belgian musician Luc van Acker and American singer Anna Domino in 1984. A successful cover was performed by Belgian musician and songwriter Selah Sue, Tom Barman and The Subs. This version was ...

'' (Distant, 1893) - KwaZulu-Natal # ''

Zanna nobilis "Zanna" is a song originally written and performed by Belgian musician Luc van Acker and American singer Anna Domino in 1984. A successful cover was performed by Belgian musician and songwriter Selah Sue, Tom Barman and The Subs. This version was ...

'' (Westwood, 1838) # ''

Zanna noduligera "Zanna" is a song originally written and performed by Belgian musician Luc van Acker and American singer Anna Domino in 1984. A successful cover was performed by Belgian musician and songwriter Selah Sue, Tom Barman and The Subs. This version was ...

'' Melichar, 1908 - DR Congo # ''

Zanna orientalis "Zanna" is a song originally written and performed by Belgian musician Luc van Acker and American singer Anna Domino in 1984. A successful cover was performed by Belgian musician and songwriter Selah Sue, Tom Barman and The Subs. This version was ...

'' Lallemand, 1959 # ''

Zanna ornata "Zanna" is a song originally written and performed by Belgian musician Luc van Acker and American singer Anna Domino in 1984. A successful cover was performed by Belgian musician and songwriter Selah Sue, Tom Barman and The Subs. This version was ...

'' Melichar, 1908 # '' Zanna pauliani'' (Lallemand, 1950) # '' Zanna pulmuncula'' (Distant, 1905) - Indonesia (Java) # '' Zanna punctata'' (Olivier, 1791) # '' Zanna pustulosa'' Gerstaecker, 1873 # '' Zanna rendalli'' Distant, 1905 # '' Zanna robusticephalica'' Liang, 2017 - China (Yunnan) # '' Zanna schweizeri'' (Schmidt, 1906) # '' Zanna servillei'' (Spinola, 1839) - Indonesia (Java) # '' Zanna soni'' Lallemand, 1959 # '' Zanna tapirus'' (Distant, 1905) - Southeast Asia (Java) # '' Zanna tenebrosa'' (Fabricius, 1775) - type species - DR Congo, Madagascar, Tanzania # '' Zanna terminalis'' (Gerstaecker, 1895) -

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...

# '' Zanna westwoodi'' Metcalf, 1947 # '' Zanna wroughtoni'' (Distant, 1907) - South Africa

References

External links

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Hemiptera Database
{{Taxonbar, from=Q16993596 Fulgorinae Auchenorrhyncha genera Hemiptera of Africa Hemiptera of Asia