Yanga grandidieri Distant, 1905b

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 : 10-11

Yanga grandidieri Distant, 1905b

Yanga grandidieri Distant 1905b: 195 . (Southeastern Madagascar)

Remarks.—The third 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 wing has a central piceous brown spot and piceous brown distal apical cells in Y. guttulata . Reported body lengths are 27–32 mm with wingspans of 70–100 mm ( Distant 1905b).

Distribution.—The species is only known from Madagascar ( Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985). Distant (1905b) and Jacobi (1917) reported the species from southeastern Madagascar.

Material examined.—“ MADAGASCAR: / Fianarantsoa Province / Ranomafana Natl. Park / Talatakely , 900 m elev. / 21.25ºS, 47.42ºE // 2–22 January 2001 / D.H. & K.M. Kavanaugh, / R.L. Brett, E. Elsom, / and F. Vargas collector. // CASENT / 3002730” one female ( AFSC); “ MADAGASCAR: Province / Diego-Suarez, dry forest / 7 km N of Joffreville, 360 m / 6–20 March 2001 // 12º 20’ S, 47º 15’ E / R. Harin’Hala collector / malaise trap MA- 01-07-08 // CASENT / 3001812” one male ( AFSC) .