Ricaniidae
| Ricaniidae | |
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| Euricania facialis adult | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Superfamily: | Fulgoroidea |
| Family: | Ricaniidae Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 |
| Genera | |
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Some 40, see text | |
Ricaniidae is a family of planthopper insects, containing over 40 genera and 400 species worldwide. The highest diversity is in tropical Africa and Asia and in Australia, with a few species occurring in the Palearctic. It is one of the smaller families in the planthopper superfamily Fulgoroidea.[1]
Subfamilies and selected genera[]
- Pharsalinae Gnezdilov, 2009
- 3 genera, (all presently monotypic)
- Pharsalus Melichar, 1906
- Gnezdilov, 2019
- Metcalf, 1947
- Ricaniinae Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
- Stål, 1862
- Melichar, 1898
- Kirkaldy, 1906
- Euricania Melichar, 1898
- Metcalf, 1952
- Melichar, 1923
- Distant, 1909
- Distant, 1909
- Stål, 1866
- Pochazia Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
- Melichar, 1898
- Signoret, 1860
- Stål, 1862
- Ricania Germar, 1818 - type genus
- Zia, 1935
- Melichar, 1898
- Melichar, 1898
- Ricanula Melichar, 1898
- Scolypopa Stål, 1859
- Fennah, 1969
- Jacobi, 1916
- Bergroth, 1920
- Stål, 1859
- Williams & Fennah, 1980
- Ricaniidae incertae sedis
- Five extinct monotypic genera
Gallery[]
Pochazia fasciata, Ghana
Ricania speculum, India
Scolypopa australis nymph
References[]
- ^ Xu, Chang-Qing; Liang, Ai-Ping & Jiang. Guo-Mei (2007): The genus Euricania Melichar (Homoptera: Ricaniidae) from China. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (1): 1–10. PDF fulltext
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