Yanga guttulata ( Signoret, 1860 )

Sanborn, Allen F., 2021, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of Madagascar including a new tribe, five new genera, twelve new species, four new species synonymies, five revised species status, ten new combinations, new tribal assignments for four genera, one new subtribe synonymy, a checklist and key to the species, Zootaxa 4937 (1), pp. 1-79 : 11

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Yanga guttulata ( Signoret, 1860 )
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Yanga guttulata ( Signoret, 1860) View in CoL View at ENA

Platypleura guttulata Signoret 1860: 178 View in CoL . ( Madagascar)

Platypleura tepperi Goding & Froggatt 1904: 568 View in CoL . (Northern Territory, Australia) (error)

Remarks.— Moulds (2010) determined the status of the Australian species as a junior synonym of the Madagascar species. The fourth of five species with ochraceous hind wings marked with piceous-brown or castaneous. It can be distinguished from Y. bouvieri by the basal piceous brown hind wings, hind wings apical cells 1–3 are completely piceous brown or castaneous in Y. andriana and Y. mahajangaensis n. sp., and the hind piceous brown of light intensity forming a central spot, spots in distal apical cells and within anal cell 2 in Y. grandidieri . Indigenous people use the species as a food source ( Randrianandrasana & Berenbaum 2015). It has also become a pest in sugar cane (e.g., Brenière and Syfrig 1965; Monsarrat 1966; 1978; Monsarrat and Malinge 1968; 1969). Body length is about 23–27 mm with wingspans of about 77–82 mm. The song is a continuous train of syllables with peak energy about 7.6 kHz with several harmonics above and below the peak frequency ( Boulard 2006b).

Distribution.—The species has been reported from Madagascar, including Nosy Be, and the Seychelles ( Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2013). The reference to the Seychelles is in Distant’s (1906) synonymic list is considered to be in error as it is the only reference and the species is usually found in large numbers. Distant (1906) was probably referencing what is now Seychellalna seychellensis ( Distant, 1912a) , a species he originally described in the genus Yanga . Karsch (1890) and Jacobi (1917) report the species from western and central Madagascar. Jacobi (1917) also reported the species from Tulear, southwestern Madagascar and Nosy-Be.

Material examined.—“ Madagascar / Miarinarivo” one male ( AFSC) ; “ Madagascar / Maevatanana ” one male and one female ( AFSC) ; “ MADAGASCAR: Toliara Prov. / Réserve Privé Berenty, Forêt / de Bealoa, Mandraré River , / 14.6 km 329º NNW Ambroasary / elev 35m 3–8 Feb 2002 // 24º 57’ 25” S 46º 16’ 17” E / coll. Fisher, Griswold et al. / California Acad. of Sciences / at light—in gallery forest / collection Code: BLF5317 // CASENT / 3004653” one male ( AFSC) GoogleMaps ; “ MADAGASCAR: Province / Diego-Suarez, Joffreville / Monastery 27 Jan 2001 / 12º 20’ S, 47º 15’ E // M.E. Irwin, E.I. Schlinger / collectors / elev. 500 m MA-01-08-02. Harin’Hala collector / malaise trap MA-01-07-08 // CASENT / 8006025” one male ( AFSC) GoogleMaps ; “ MADAGASCAR: Tulear Pr. / N. Ft. Dauphin [ Tolanaro ] / 24º 57’ 14” S, 46º 51’ 45” E / 16NOV1994, 13m. at night / M.A. Ivie & D. Pollock” one male ( AFSC) GoogleMaps ; “ MADAGASCAR: Mahajanga / Province, Mahavavy River, / 6.2 km 145º SE Mtsinjo / elev 20m 1–5 Dec 2002 / 16º 03’ 06” S 045º 54’ 30” E // coll. Fisher, Griswold et al. / California Acad. of Sciences / collected at light—in gallery / forest code: BLF6933 // CASENT / 3007864” one male ( AFSC) GoogleMaps .

Boulard, M. (2006 b) Facultes acoustiques, ethologie sonore des cigales, entomophonateurs par excellence. Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Travaux du Laboratoire Biologie et Evolution des Insectes Hemipteroidea, 16, 1 - 181.

Breniere, J. & Syfrig, J. (1965) Un nouvel ennemi de la canne a sucre a Nossi-Be, Yanga guttulata Sign. (Cicadidae). Document No. 41, Institut des Recherches Agronomique de Madagascar et Congres de la Protection des Cultures Tropicales, Marseille, Mars 1965, 401 - 405.

Distant, W. L. (1906) A synonymic catalogue of Homoptera. Part I. Cicadidae. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 207 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8554

Distant, W. L. (1912 a) Homoptera Fam. Cicadidae, Subfam. Cicadinae. Genera Insectorum, 142, 1 - 64.

Duffels, J. P. & van der Laan, P. A. (1985) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Homoptera, Auchenorhyncha) 1956 - 1980. Series Entomologica 34. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrect, 414 pp.

Goding, F. W. & Froggatt, W. W. (1904) Monograph of the Australian Cicadidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 29, 561 - 670. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 20173

Jacobi, A. (1917) Die Zikadenfauna Madagascars und der Comoren. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903 - 1905 mit Mitteln der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann Wentzel-Stiftung ausgef ʾ hrt von Professor Dr. Alfred Voeltzkow. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Systematische Arbeiten, 3, 519 - 552. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 64840

Karsch, F. A. F. (1890) Beitrage zur kenntniss der singcikaden Afrika's und Madagascar's. Berliner Entomologischer Zeitschrift, 35, 85 - 130. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18900350107

Metcalf, Z. P. (1963 a) General catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section I. Tibiceninae. North Carolina State College Contribution, 1502, i-vii + 1 - 585.

Monsarrat, A. (1966) Premieres observations sur: Yanga guttalata Sign. Homoptere Cicadidae ravageur de la canne a sucre dans le nord-ouest de Madagascar. Bulletin de Madagascar, Tananarive, 237, 165 - 168.

Monsarrat, A. & Malinge, P. (1968) Observations sur une population de Cicadidae a Madagascar: Etude des sorties d'adultes de Yanga guttalata Sign. (Cicadidae), dans un champ de canne a sucre. L'Agronomie Tropicale, 23, 1334 - 1344.

Monsarrat, A. & Malinge, P. (1969) Etude du comprtement de dispersion des adultes de cigales en champ de canne a sucre. Revue Agricole et Sucriere de l'Ile Maurice, 48, 263 - 270.

Monsarrat, A. (1978) Contributions to the knowledge of bionomics of Yanga guttalata Sign. (Homoptera: Cicadidae), a new pest of sugarcane in Madagascar, Malagasy Republic. Cahorstom Serie Biologie, 13, 272 - 320.

Moulds, M. S. (2010) Platypleura tepperi Goding & Froggatt, 1904 (Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), a Madagascan cicada erroneously recorded from Australia. Australian Entomologist, 37, 11 - 12.

Randrianandrasana, M. & Berenbaum, M. R. (2015) Edible non-crustacean arthropods in rural communities of Madagascar. Journal of Ethnobiology, 35, 354 - 383. https: // doi. org / 10.2993 / etbi- 35 - 02 - 354 - 383.1

Sanborn, A. F. (2013) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). With contributions to the bibliography by Martin H. Villet. Elsevier / Academic Press, San Diego, 1001 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / b 978 - 0 - 12 - 416647 - 9.00001 - 2

Signoret, V. (1860) Faune des Hemipteres de Madagascar. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Series 4, 8, 177 - 206.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Cicadoidea

Family

Cicadidae

SubFamily

Cicadinae

Tribe

Platypleurini

Genus

Yanga