Zannini

The Zannini are a tribe of Fulgoromorphan insects, whose placement is the subject to debate: some authorities placing the Zanninae at the sub-family level [1] and others, based on molecular analysis, questioning whether it should even be placed in the Fulgoridae.[2]

For other uses, see Zannini (disambiguation).

Zannini
Zanna sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:
Fulgoromorpha
Family:
Fulgoridae
Subfamily:
Fulgorinae
Tribe:
Zannini

Metcalf, 1938
Type genus
Zanna
Kirkaldy, 1902

Genera

The Hemiptera database [3] indicates that there are six genera, distributed in tropical Africa and Asia:

African genera:

  • Pseudodictya Schmidt, 1924 (Congo: 1 sp. P. splinteri)
  • Radamana Distant 1906 (Madagascar: 2 spp.)
  • Rhicnophloea Gerstaecker, 1895 (sub-Saharan Africa: 4 spp.)
  • Ruehlella Schmidt, 1924 (Cameroon, Congo: 2 spp.)

Asian genera:

  • Samsama Distant, 1906 (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra: 1 sp. S. chersonesia)
  • Zanna Kirkaldy, 1902 (widespread in Asia, also sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar: 37 spp.)

See also
  • Data related to Fulgoridae at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Zannini at Wikimedia Commons
  • Insects portal
  • Arthropods portal

References
  1. Lallemand, Victor (1963). "Revision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxième Partie. Faunes Asiatique et Australienne". Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (2nd series). 75: 1–99.
  2. Urban, Julie M.; Cryan, Jason R. (2009). "Entomologically famous, evolutionarily unexplored: the first phylogeny of the lanternfly family Fulgoridae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 50 (3): 471–484. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.004. PMID 19118634.
  3. The Hemiptera database (FLOW): Fulgorinae (retrieved 15/11/2017)
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