Orapa (cicada)

Orapa is a genus of cicadas in the subfamily Cicadinae, found in sub-Saharan Africa.^[1][2] Orapa previously constituted the only genus in tribe Orapini, but is now placed in the Platypleurini.^[3]

Orapa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Cicadoidea
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadinae
Tribe:	Platypleurini
Genus:	Orapa Distant, 1905
Synonyms
Orapia [sic] Distant, 1905

Species

The following species belong to the genus Orapa:^[3][1][2]

1. Orapa africana Kato, 1927
2. Orapa elliotti (Distant, 1907)
3. Orapa lateritia Jacobi, 1910
4. Orapa numa (Distant, 1904) - type species (as Pycna numa Distant)
5. Orapa tangana (Strand, 1910) (previously placed in genus Pycna)
6. Orapa uwembaiensis Boulard, 2012