Orapa (cicada)

Orapa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Superfamily:	Cicadoidea
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadinae
Tribe:	Orapini
Genus:	Orapa Distant, 1905

Orapa is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in tropical Africa. About five described species are in Orapa. ^{[1] [2]} Orapa is the only genus of the tribe Orapini.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Orapa: ^{[1] [2]}

• Orapa africana Kato, 1927
• Orapa elliotti (Distant, 1907)
• Orapa lateritia Jacobi, 1910
• Orapa numa (Distant, 1904)
• Orapa uwembaiensis Boulard, 2012

References

1. "Orapa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
2. Marshall, David C.; Moulds, Max; Hill, Kathy B. R.; Price, Benjamin W.; et al. (2018). "A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4424 (1): 1–64. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4424.1.1 . PMID   30313477.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Moulds, M.S. (2005). "An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna". Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (3): 375–446. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447 . ISSN   0067-1975.
• Moulds, M.S. (2018). "Cicada fossils (Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae and Cicadidae) with a review of the named fossilised Cicadidae". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4438 (3): 443–470. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.2 . PMID   30313130.
• Sanborn, Allen F. (2009). "Checklist, new species and key to the cicadas of Cuba (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 56 (1): 85–92. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200900007. ISSN   0012-0073.
• Sanborn, Allen F. (2007). "New species, new records and checklist of cicadas from Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae)". Zootaxa (1651): 1–42. ISSN   1175-5334.
• Sanborn, Allen (2013). Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) (1 ed.). Academic Press. ISBN   9780124166479 . Retrieved 2018-07-04.
• Sanborn, Allen F.; Heath, Maxine S. (2017). "Priority and synonymy of some North American cicada genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini)". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4243 (2): 377–382. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.8. PMID   28610155.
• Sanborn, A.F.; Phillips, P.K. (2013). "Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico" (PDF). Diversity. 5 (2): 166–239. doi:10.3390/d5020166.
• Van Duzee, E.P. (1915). "A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23 (1): 21–44.