Zoraida is a large genus of planthoppers in the tribe Zoraidini of the family Derbidae. As of 2024, it comprises three subgenera and around 120 species. The species are found in tropical and some subtropical parts of Asia, Africa and parts of Australia and the western Pacific. This page provides for each subgenus an overview of the species, their distribution records and other details. "Wing length" means the length of the forewing which have been converted in some cases from measurements of expanded forewings (wingspan) according to the formula <half of wingspan minus 10%>, derived from published illustrations.
Subgenus Neozoraida
+Key § Type species ‡ Renamed
+Species in subgenus NeozoraidaSpeciesAuthorityBasionymRangeWing lengthReferencesZoraida carpenteriMuir, 1928n/aUganda, Nigeria‡Zoraida fletcheriDistant, 1916Zoraida variipennis Distant 1911Sri LankaZoraida gilvaDistant, 1906n/aSri LankaZoraida insignataYang & Wu, 1993n/aTaiwanZoraida maculicostataMuir, 1928n/aSierra LeoneZoraida motschoulskyiDistant, 1906n/aSri Lanka‡Zoraida obsoleta(Kirby, 1891)Thracia obsoleta Kirby, 1891Sri Lanka§Zoraida ugandensisDistant, 1914n/aUganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo ‡Zoraida vanstalleiDmitriev, 2020Zoraida silvicola van Stalle, 1988Ivory Coast
Subgenus Peggiopsis
+Species in subgenus PeggiopsisSpeciesAuthorityBasionymRangeWing lengthReferencesZoraida aeneavan Stalle, 1983n/aNigeriaZoraida distantiMuir, 1918n/aSierra Leone, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)‡Zoraida javana(Melichar, 1914)Peggiopsis javana Melichar, 1914Indonesia (Java)Zoraida kempiMuir, 1922n/aIndiaZoraida longaYang & Wu, 1993n/aTaiwan♂ ♀ ‡Zoraida nivifera(Walker, 1870)Thracia nivifera Walker, 1870Indonesia (Bacan Isl.)‡Zoraida punctipennis(Walker, 1870)Thracia punctipennis Walker, 1870Indonesia (Misool Isl.), New Guinea‡Zoraida rufifinis(Walker, 1870)Thracia punctipennis Walker, 1870Indonesia (Morotai Isl.)Zoraida smedleyiMuir, 1926n/aIndonesia (Mentawai Islands)Zoraida spectraDistant, 1911n/aIndiaZoraida wallaceiMuir, 1918n/aSingapore
Subgenus Zoraida Type species: Derbe sinuosa Boheman, 1838
Zoraida aburiensis Muir, 1918 - Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic Zoraida albida (Walker, 1870) - "Sula" (Indonesia?) Zoraida angolensis Synave, 1973 - Angola Zoraida bohemani (Westwood, 1841) - new name for Derbe nervosa Boheman 1838) - Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal) Zoraida borneensis Distant, 1907 - Borneo Zoraida boulardi Synave, 1973 - Central African Republic, Togo Zoraida ceylonica (Kirby, 1891) - Sri Lanka Zoraida confusa Yang & Wu, 1993 - Taiwan Zoraida consanguinea Distant, 1907 - Australia (Queensland) Zoraida costalis (Walker, 1870) - Indonesia (Bacan Isl., Misool Isl.), New Guinea Zoraida cumulata (Walker, 1870) - Indonesia (Ambon Isl., Buru Isl., Sumatra), New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka Zoraida curta Yang & Wu, 1993 - Taiwan Zoraida cycnoptera Distant, 1907 - Australia (Queensland) Zoraida dubia Yang & Wu, 1993 - Taiwan Zoraida ephemeralis (Walker, 1870) - Indonesia (Aru Isl., Misool Isl.), New Guinea Zoraida erythractis Distant, 1907 - Borneo Zoraida essingtonii (Westwood, 1851) - Australia (Northern Territory) Zoraida essingtonii porphyrion Fennah, 1969 - New Caledonia, Australia (QLD) Zoraida eupoecila Distant, 1907 - Australia (Queensland) Zoraida evansi Distant, 1914 - Ghana, Nigeria Zoraida flava Yang & Wu, 1993 - Taiwan Zoraida flavocostata Distant, 1914 - Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria Zoraida freta Yang & Wu, 1993 - Taiwan Zoraida fulgans Muir, 1923 - Madagascar Zoraida fuligipennis Muir, 1928 - Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Nigeria Zoraida furcata Yang & Wu, 1993 - Taiwan Zoraida fuscipennis (Walker, 1870) - Indonesia (Aru Isl.) Zoraida gravida Yang & Wu, 1993 - Taiwan Zoraida histrionica Distant, 1914 - India Zoraida horishana Matsumura, 1914 - Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, far-eastern Russia Zoraida insolita Yang & Wu, 1993 - Taiwan Zoraida kirkaldyi Muir, 1918 - Sri Lanka Zoraida koannania Matsumura, 1914 - Taiwan, South Korea Zoraida kotoshoensis Matsumura, 1938 - Taiwan Zoraida lankana (Kirby, 1891) - Sri Lanka Zoraida limnobialis (Walker, 1870) - Philippines (Sulu Isl.) Zoraida lusca Yang & Wu, 1993 - Taiwan Zoraida nitobii Muir, 1914 - Taiwan Zoraida njalensis Muir, 1928 - Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic Zoraida nyasensis Distant, 1914 - Malawi, Democratic Republic of Congo Zoraida pattersoni Distant, 1914 - Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic Zoraida picta Distant, 1907 - Australia (Queensland) Zoraida picturata Distant, 1914 - Malawi Zoraida propria Yang & Wu, 1993 - Taiwan Zoraida pseudosylvicola Muir, 1913 - Borneo, Indonesia (Krakatao) Zoraida pterophoroides (Westwood, 1851) - Taiwan, China, Japan, Malaysia, Burma, Sri Lanka Zoraida pterophoroides fistulator Fennah, 1956 - Palau Zoraida ridleyi Muir, 1918 - Singapore Zoraida rufivena Distant, 1906 - Sri Lanka Zoraida scutellaris (Walker, 1870) - Indonesia (Aru Isl., Misool Isl., Morotai Isl., Buru Isl.), New Guinea, Solomon Islands Zoraida separata Yang & Wu, 1993 - Taiwan Zoraida sexnotata (Walker, 1870) - Indonesia (Aru Isl., Java), Australia (Queensland) Zoraida sinuosa (Boheman, 1838) - Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cameroon, Togo, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic Zoraida sudanica Synave, 1973 - South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic Zoraida venusta Yang & Wu, 1993 - Taiwan Zoraida zairensis van Stalle, 1983 - Democratic Republic of Congo
Unassigned to a subgenus Peggiopsis dorsimaculata Muir, 1917 - Philippines Peggiopsis dorsopunctata (Melichar, 1915) - Philippines Peggiopsis flavicornis (Melichar, 1915) - Philippines Peggiopsis irrorata (Muir, 1917) - Philippines Peggiopsis nigrovenosa Muir, 1915 - Indonesia (Java) Peggiopsis pallida Muir, 1917 - Philippines Peggiopsis pseudoflavicornis Muir, 1917 - Philippines Peggiopsis pseudojavana Muir, 1917 - Philippines Peggiopsis pseudopuncticosta Muir, 1917 - Philippines Peggiopsis puncticosta (Melichar, 1915) - Philippines Peggiopsis rufa Muir, 1913 - Indonesia (Ambon) Peggiopsis stali Muir, 1917 - Philippines Zoraida albicans Anufriev, 1968 - far-eastern Russia, Japan, South Korea Zoraida bakeri Muir, 1922 - Borneo Zoraida bouchneri Synave, 1982 - Central African Republic, Liberia Zoraida brunnipennis Muir, 1922 - India (Assam) Zoraida egregia (Melichar, 1903) - Sri Lanka Zoraida falsa Muir, 1924 - Philippines Zoraida ficta Distant, 1906 - Sri Lanka Zoraida flaviventris Muir, 1917 - Philippines Zoraida fuliginosa Muir, 1913 - Papua New Guinea Zoraida howei Schmidt, 1926 - Indonesia (Buru Isl.) Zoraida hubeiensis Chou, Lu, Huang & Wang, 1985 - China, South Korea Zoraida hyalina Melichar, 1914 - Indonesia (Java), Philippines Zoraida javanica (Westwood, 1840) - Indonesia (Java), Philippines Zoraida kalshoveni Muir, 1922 - Singapore, Indonesia (Java) Zoraida karnyi Muir, 1926 - Indonesia (Mentawai Islands) Zoraida kuwayamae (Matsumura, 1913) - Japan, South Korea Zoraida lalokensis Muir, 1913 - Papua New Guinea Zoraida laratae Muir, 1913 - Indonesia (Larat Isl., Ambon) Zoraida lutescens Muir, 1917 - Philippines Zoraida maculata Muir, 1917 - Philippines Zoraida maculicosta Schmidt, 1926 - Indonesia (Buru Isl.) Zoraida mcgregori Muir, 1922 - Philippines Zoraida melichari Muir, 1917 - Philippines Zoraida obscura Melichar, 1914 - Indonesia (Java) Zoraida padangensis Muir, 1926 - Indonesia (Sumatra) Zoraida parvalata Van Stalle, 1988 - Ivory Coast Zoraida procterythra Jacobi, 1941 - Indonesia (Lombok Isl.) Zoraida rectifrons Van Stalle, 1988 - Ivory Coast Zoraida rubrolineata Schmidt, 1926 - Indonesia (Buru Isl.) Zoraida sexpunctata Van Stalle, 1988 - Ivory Coast Zoraida superba Muir, 1913 - Papua New Guinea Zoraida sylvicola Muir, 1913 - Borneo, Indonesia (Mentawai Islands) Zoraida taiensis Van Stalle, 1988 - Ivory Coast Zoraida westwoodi (Stål, 1870) - Philippines Zoraida zeijsti Van Stalle, 1988 - Ivory Coast
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