Orapa (cicada)

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.

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

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.

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