''Platypleura'' is a genus of

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s that occurs widely across

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and southern

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. Some of the South African species are remarkable for their

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that enables crepuscular signalling, an adaptation that reduces risk of predation and enables a greater range for their calls. In field experiments their maximum body temperature while calling at dusk, was measured at 22 °C above ambient temperature. The Platypleurini are distributed from the

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, throughout sub-Saharan Africa and

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, through

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and

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, to Japan. The faunas of

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and Madagascar are distinctive, while those of southern and

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resemble the Asian group. Endothermy occurs in several large-bodied

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n and South African species, but not in related small-bodied species.

List of species

*''Platypleura affinis'' (

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, 1803) *''Platypleura afzelii'' Stål, 1854 *''Platypleura albigera''

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, 1850 –

Western Cape The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020 ...

, Eastern Cape *''Platypleura albivannata'' Hayashi, 1974 – Japan *''Platypleura andamana'' Distant, 1878 –

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*'' Platypleura arabica''

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, 1928 –

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*''Platypleura argentata'' Villet, 1987 –

Kwazulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is loca ...

*''Platypleura arminops'' ( Noualhier, 1896) –

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/ref> *''Platypleura assamensis'' Atkinson, 1884 –

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*''Platypleura auropilosa'' ( Kato, 1940) –

*''Platypleura basimacula''

, 1850 –

Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...

Limpopo Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, while the provincial legislature is ...

, Northwest Province, Free State,

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*''Platypleura basi-viridis''

, 1850 –

*''Platypleura bettoni'' Distant, 1904 *''Platypleura bombifrons'' Karsch, 1890 –

*''Platypleura brevis''

, 1850 –

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kal ...

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northe ...

*''Platypleura brunea'' Villet, 1989a – Eastern Cape,

*''Platypleura canescens''

, 1870 –

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*''Platypleura capensis'' (

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, 1764) –

and Eastern Cape,

on ''

Metalasia muricata ''Metalasia muricata'', commonly known as white bristle bush or blombos, is a hardy virgate or twiggy shrub with honey-scented flowers usually 2–4 m tall, woody with a rounded crown, and an important component of the coastal and mountain fynbos ...

'', ''

Brachylaena discolor ''Brachylaena discolor'' is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is native to Africa, where it occurs in Mozambique, South Africa, and Eswatini.Olivier, 1790) *''Platypleura centralis'' Distant, 1897 *''Platypleura chalybaea'' Villet, 1989a – Eastern Cape,

on '' Euphorbia triangularis'' *''Platypleura ciliaris'' (

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) *''Platypleura clara'' Amyot &

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, 1843 *''Platypleura deusta'' ( Thunberg, 1822) –

and

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Leucosidea sericea ''Leucosidea sericea'', commonly known as oldwood, is an evergreen tree or large shrub that grows in the highland regions of southern Africa. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus ''Leucosidea''. The name oldwood may reflect the fact that ...

'', ''

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'' *''

Platypleura divisa ''Platypleura divisa'' is an African cicada first described by Ernst Friedrich Germar, entomologist and professor of mineralogy at Halle, who also studied beetles. The genus ''Platypleura'' occurs widely across Africa and southern Asia. Some of ...

'' ( Germar, 1834) –

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and Eastern Cape,

on ''

Maytenus heterophylla ''Gymnosporia heterophylla'', the common spike-thorn, is a small, hardy, deciduous African tree up to 5m tall, occurring in rocky places with a wide distribution from Ethiopia, the Sudan and the Congo, south to the Cape Province and west to Ango ...

'' *''Platypleura fenestrata'' Uhler, 1862ahttp://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe82p34.pdf *''Platypleura fulvigera'' (

, 1850) *''Platypleura gowdeyi'' Distant, 1914 –

on ''

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'' *''

Platypleura haglundi ''Platypleura haglundi'' is a medium-sized African cicada species, that occurs from northern South Africa to Zimbabwe, where it is found in diverse habitats. In South Africa it has been recorded in North West, the northern Free State, Northern P ...

'' Stål, 1866 – Northwest Province, Free State,

and

, to

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Acacia karroo ''Vachellia karroo'', commonly known as the sweet thorn, common acacia, Karoo thorn, Cape gum or cockspur thorn, is a species of ''Vachellia'', native to southern Africa from southern Angola east to Mozambique, and south to South Africa. It is ...

'', ''

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Dichrostachys cinerea ''Dichrostachys cinerea'', known as sicklebush, Bell mimosa, Chinese lantern tree or Kalahari Christmas tree (South Africa), is a legume of the genus '' Dichrostachys'' in the family Fabaceae. Other common names include omubambanjobe (Tooro Ug ...

'' *''Platypleura hilpa'' (

, 1850) *''Platypleura hirta'' Karsch, 1890 –

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*''Platypleura hirtipennis'' ( Germar, 1834) – Eastern Cape,

on ''

'' *''Platypleura kaempferi_{( ja)}'' (

, 1794) – Japan, China,

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. *''Platypleura kuroiwae'' Matsumura, 1917 – Japan *''Platypleura laticlavia'' Stål, 1858 – Northwest Province,

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*''Platypleura lindiana'' Distant, 1905 *''Platypleura lyricen''

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*''Platypleura machadoi'' Boulard, 1972 *''Platypleura marshalli'' Distant, 1897 *''Platypleura maytenophila'' Villet, 1987 –

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'' *'' Platypleura mijburghi'' Villet, 1989a –

and

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'' *''Platypleura mira'' (Distant, 1904) –

*''Platypleura miyakona'' Matsumura, 1917 – Japan *''Platypleura murchisoni'' Distant, 1905e –

*''Platypleura nigrolinea'' (

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, 1773) = ''P. stridula'' *''Platypleura nobilis'' ( Germar, 1830) –

*''Platypleura octoguttata'' (

, 1798) *'' Platypleura poorvachala'' (Marathe et al., 2017) *''Platypleura plumosa'' ( Germar, 1834) – Eastern Cape,

on ''

'' *''Platypleura punctigera''

, 1850 –

, Eastern Cape *''Platypleura quadraticollis''

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, 1874 –

*''Platypleura rutherfordi'' Distant, 1883 *''Platypleura signifera''

, 1850 – Eastern Cape *''Platypleura sobrina'' Stål, 1866 *''Platypleura stridula'' (

) –

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'' *'' Platypleura sylvia'' Distant, 1899 – Sekhukhuneland *''Platypleura takasagona''_zh Matsumura, 1917 –

*''Platypleura techowi'' Schumacher, 1913 –

, Free State,

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*''Platypleura turneri'' Boulard, 1975a –

*''Platypleura wahlbergi'' Stål, 1855 – Eastern Cape and

on ''

'' *''Platypleura watsoni'' ( Distant, 1897) –

*''Platypleura westwoodi'' Stål, 1863 *''Platypleura yayeyamana'' Matsumura, 1917 – Japanヤエヤマニイニイの写真
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References

External links

TaxonomyJapanese siteAn Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna - M.S. Moulds
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1946093 Insects of Africa Cicadidae genera Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville Taxa named by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot