Saiva

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Saiva
Saiva nodata.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Tribe: Laternariini
Genus: Saiva
Distant, 1906
Type species
Saiva gemmata
(Westwood, 1848)

Saiva is a genus of Asian lanternbugs, family Fulgoridae. They are colourful insects, marked boldly in red, blue, white and black, with a prominent slender stalk like structure arising on the head that points upwards or forward.[1] The known distribution is from India, through Indo-China to Borneo.[2]

Species[]

Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web lists:[2]

  • (Distant, 1891)
  • Saiva cardinalis (Butler, 1874)
  • (Walker, 1858)
  • Kato, 1929
  • Saiva gemmata (Westwood, 1848) - type species
  • (Westwood, 1842)
  • (Kirby, 1891)
  • Chew Kea Foo & Porion, 2007
  • Distant, 1906
  • Ollenbach, 1928
  • (Butler, 1874)
  • (Walker, 1858)
  • (Baker, 1925)

References[]

  1. ^ Distant, W. L. (1906). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 192–193.
  2. ^ a b Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Saiva Distant, 1906 (retrieved 5 January 2021)

External links[]

  • Data related to Saiva at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Saiva at Wikimedia Commons
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