identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03DE87FAFFC2FF98FF1EF96E5A8FFE97.text	03DE87FAFFC2FF98FF1EF96E5A8FFE97.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Flatida rosea (Melichar 1901)	<div><p>Flatida rosea (Melichar, 1901)</p> <p>F. rosea belongs to the family Flatidae, which is cosmopolitan, mainly with a tropical and subtropical distribution. The adults of F. rosea have brightly coloured pink wings (hence the Latin name of the species) covering the whole body. The bizarre nymphs (Fig. 1) have waxy filaments as a protection against predators. Adults and nymphs can be found in aggregations, sucking plant liquids.</p> <p>On 24.5.2014, Pamela Donaldson was able to photograph nymphs of F. rosea in the Anja</p> <p>Community Reserve (Fig. 2), located in the dry south-eastern part of Madagascar. Pamela Donaldson wrote: “ Anja is huddled into the base of a cliff, and much of the reserve is dominated by enormous fallen rocks which have come to rest at the base of the escarpment.” She SAw mAny of theSe nymphS on the same bush, but did not see them anywhere else. Unfortunately, Pamela Donaldson was not able to observe adults of F. rosea.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87FAFFC2FF98FF1EF96E5A8FFE97	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Heyden, Torsten van der	Heyden, Torsten van der (2014): Flatida rosea (Melichar, 1901) and Zanna madagascariensis Signoret, 1860, two bizarre and fascinating species of planthoppers from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Flatidae, Fulgoridae). Arquivos Entomolóxicos 10: 221-223, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12714008
03DE87FAFFC3FF98FF1EFE3A5894FB0D.text	03DE87FAFFC3FF98FF1EFE3A5894FB0D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zanna madagascariensis Signoret 1860	<div><p>Zanna madagascariensis Signoret, 1860</p> <p>Z. madagascariensis –as F. rosea – is also endemic to Madagascar. Systematically, it belongs to the Zanninae, which has been considered a subfamily of the Fulgoridae, a group of more than 125 species distributed worldwide, but more AbunDAnt in the tropicS. UrbAn &amp; CryAn (2009) SuggeSteD “ that the genus Zanna is excluded from a monophyletic Fulgoridae.” Further inveStigAtion iS neceSSAry to clear up this taxonomic question.</p> <p>On 24.5.2014, Pamela Donaldson was able to photograph a group of nymphs of Z. madagascariensis (Fig. 3) of different development stages at the base of a tree at the same site as the observed nymphs of F. rosea. The younger nymphs are completely covered with wax, too. Two days later, on 26.5.2014, Pamela Donaldson photographed an adult specimen of Zanna sp. (Fig. 4) in the Isalo National Park (Fig. 5), a rocky site located in the dry south-western part of Madagascar. Most likely, this is a specimen of Z. madagascariensis, but it might also be a specimen of Zanna tenebrosa (Fabricius, 1775), which has been reported from Madagascar, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.</p> <p>The head of these species, as of other fulgorid species, is forming a bizarre snout-like structure, sometimes as large as the body. Various species of the Fulgoridae are sometimes referred to as lanternflies because of the lantern-liKe “Snout”, Although they do not emit light. It seems that the function of the “Snout” hAD been miSinterpreteD by MAriA SibyllA MeriAn AnD thAt thiS miSinterpretAtion was adopted by Carl von Linné.</p> <p>The adults of Z. madagascariensis, in MADAgAScAr Known AS “SAKAnDry”, Are A protein source for the (rural) people of the island. According to Gade (1985), “ a third preferred comestible is the sakandry (Pyrops madagascariensis) a fulgorid planthopper that parasitizes Lima bean and related plants. Dried, this insect is much appreciated, especially in the Majunga region.”</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87FAFFC3FF98FF1EFE3A5894FB0D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Heyden, Torsten van der	Heyden, Torsten van der (2014): Flatida rosea (Melichar, 1901) and Zanna madagascariensis Signoret, 1860, two bizarre and fascinating species of planthoppers from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Flatidae, Fulgoridae). Arquivos Entomolóxicos 10: 221-223, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12714008
