Yanga (cicada) explained

Yanga is a genus of cicadas from Madagascar, Nosy Be, Comoros, Mayotte, and Pemba Island. There are about 15 described species in Yanga.^[1]

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Yanga:

• Yanga andriana (Distant, 1899) (Madagascar)
• Yanga antiopa (Karsch, 1890) (Madagascar)
• Yanga argyrea (Melichar, 1896) (Madagascar)
• Yanga bouvieri Distant, 1905 (Madagascar)
• Yanga brancsiki (Distant, 1893) (Madagascar)
• Yanga grandidieri Distant, 1905 (Madagascar)
• Yanga guttulata (Signoret, 1860) (Madagascar)
• Yanga heathi (Distant, 1899) (Madagascar)
• Yanga hova (Distant, 1901) (Madagascar)
• Yanga johanae Boulard, 2022
• Yanga mahajangaensis Sanborn, 2021 (Madagascar)
• Yanga mayottensis Boulard, 1990 (Mayotte)
• Yanga pembana (Distant, 1899)
• Yanga pulverea (Distant, 1882) (Madagascar)
• Yanga viettei Boulard, 1981 (Comoros)

Notes and References

1. Distant, W. L. 1912. Homoptera Fam. Cicadidae, Subfam. Cicadinae. Genera Insectorum Fasc. 142. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles