Munza

Munza
Munza trimeni, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Platypleurini
Genus: Munza
Distant, 1904
Species

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Munza is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are about 11 described species in Munza, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2][3][4][5]

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Munza:

  • Munza basimacula (Walker, 1850) (Small Broadborder Cicada)
  • Munza fulva (Distant, 1897)
  • Munza karoiwae (Matsumura, 1917)
  • Munza laticlavia (Stål, 1858)
  • Munza otjosonduensis Schumacher, 1913
  • Munza pallescens Schumacher, 1913
  • Munza popovi Boulard, 1975
  • Munza revoili Distant, 1905
  • Munza straeleni Dlabola, 1960
  • Munza trimeni (Distant, 1892)
  • Munza venusta Hesse, 1925

References

  1. ^ "GBIF, Munza". Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  2. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Munza Distant, 1904". Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  3. ^ Marshall, David C.; Moulds, Max; Hill, Kathy B. R.; Price, Benjamin W.; et al. (2018). "A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification". Zootaxa. 4424 (1): 1–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4424.1.1. PMID 30313477.
  4. ^ Dmitriev, D.A. (2025). "World Auchenorrhyncha Database". Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  5. ^ Distant, W. L. 1912. Homoptera Fam. Cicadidae, Subfam. Cicadinae. Genera Insectorum Fasc. 142. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles
  • Citizen science observations for Munza at iNaturalist
  • Media related to Munza at Wikimedia Commons