Orapa (cicada) explained

Orapa is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in tropical Africa. About five described species are in Orapa. Orapa is the only genus of the tribe Orapini.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Orapa:

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

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 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. 0067-1975 . 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. free.
• Moulds . M.S.. 2018. Cicada fossils (Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae and Cicadidae) with a review of the named fossilised Cicadidae. Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4438. 3. 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.2. free . 30313130 . 443–470.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. 2009. Checklist, new species and key to the cicadas of Cuba (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 56. 1. 85–92. 0012-0073 . 10.1002/mmnd.200900007.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. 2007. New species, new records and checklist of cicadas from Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae). Zootaxa. 1651. 1–42. 1175-5334.
• Book: 2018-07-04. Sanborn . Allen. 2013. Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Academic Press. 1. 9780124166479.
• 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. 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.8 . 28610155 . 377–382.
• Sanborn . A.F.. Phillips . P.K.. 2013. Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico. Diversity. 5. 2. 166–239 . 10.3390/d5020166. free.
• Van Duzee . E.P.. 1915. A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23. 1. 21–44.