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Saiva

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Saiva
Saiva nodata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Tribe: Pyropsini
Genus: Saiva
Distant, 1906
Type species
Saiva gemmata
(Westwood, 1848)

Saiva is a genus of Asian planthoppers, 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, China and Indochina.[2]

Species

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The World Auchenorrhyncha Database[2] includes:

  1. Saiva bullata (Distant, 1891)
  2. Saiva cardinalis (Butler, 1874)
  3. Saiva coccinea (Walker, 1858)
  4. Saiva constanti Jiaranaisakul, 2024
  5. Saiva decorata (Westwood, 1839)
  6. Saiva formosana Kato, 1929
  7. Saiva gemmata (Westwood, 1848) - type species
  8. Saiva guttulata (Westwood, 1842)
  9. Saiva insularis (Kirby, 1891)
  10. Saiva karimbujangi Chew Kea Foo & Porion, 2007
  11. Saiva nodata Distant, 1906
  12. Saiva transversolineata (Baker, 1925)
  13. Saiva virescens (Westwood, 1842)

References

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  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 World Auchenorrhyncha Database: Saiva Distant
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