Yanga pulverea ( Distant, 1882 )

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 : 15-16

Yanga pulverea ( Distant, 1882)

Platypleura pulverea Distant 1882: 335 . ( Madagascar)

Remarks.—With Y. argyrea rev. stat. being removed as a subspecies, the nominotypical species is no longer to be listed as a subspecies. The hyaline hind wings distinguish this species from all other species of Yanga except Y. argyea rev. stat. The larger body size, lack of silver-gray marking on the fore wing and the obliquely rounded lateral male opercula of Y. pulverea distinguish it from Y. argyrea rev. stat. The body length is about 31–37 mm and wingspan is about 94–105 mm ( Distant 1882).

Distribution.—The species is only known from Madagascar including Nosy Be ( Metcalf 1963a; Sanborn 2013).

Material examined.—“ Madagascar / Tananarive // LeMoult” one male (AFSC).