Lawana

Lawana[1] is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar confirmed placement of this genus in tribe Flatini and subtribe Lawanina. Species are recorded from tropical Africa and Asia.[2]

Lawana
Lawana sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Flatidae
Subfamily: Flatinae
Tribe: Flatini
Genus: Lawana
Distant, 1906
Synonyms

Phyma Melichar, 1902 (nomen praeoccupatum)

Species
Lawana conspersa
Lawana imitata

Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web[2] includes:

  1. Lawana adscendens (Fabricius, 1803)
  2. Lawana arguta (Melichar, 1902)
  3. Lawana candida (Fabricius, 1798) - type species (2 subsp.)
  4. Lawana conspersa (Walker, 1851)
  5. Lawana divisa (Melichar, 1902)
  6. Lawana exaltata (Walker, 1862)
  7. Lawana exsoleta Melichar, 1902
  8. Lawana guttifascia (Melichar, 1902) (3 subsp.)
  9. Lawana hyalina (Schmidt, 1904)
  10. Lawana imitata (Melichar, 1902)
  11. Lawana lineola Walker, 1870
  12. Lawana marginata (Walker, 1859)
  13. Lawana modesta Distant, 1910
  14. Lawana obliqua (Melichar, 1902)
  15. Lawana optata (Melichar, 1902) (2 subsp.)
  16. Lawana partita (Melichar, 1902)
  17. Lawana pryeri (Distant, 1880)
  18. Lawana pura (Schmidt, 1904)
  19. Lawana radiata (Distant, 1906)
  20. Lawana unipunctata (Schmidt, 1904)
  21. Lawana usambarae (Melichar, 1905)

References
  1. Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. Lt. Col. CT Birgham [420].
  2. Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Lawana Distant, 1906 (retrieved 29 July 2022)
  1. Data related to Lawanina at Wikispecies
  2. Media related to Lawana at Wikimedia Commons
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