Saiva

Genus of planthoppers

For the religious concept, see Shaivism.

Saiva

Saiva nodata
Scientific 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, through Indo-China to Borneo.[2]

## Species

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* Saiva bullata (Distant, 1891)
* Saiva cardinalis (Butler, 1874)
* Saiva coccinea (Walker, 1858)
* Saiva formosana Kato, 1929
* Saiva gemmata (Westwood, 1848) \- type species
* Saiva guttulata (Westwood, 1842)
* Saiva insularis (Kirby, 1891)
* Saiva karimbujangi Chew Kea Foo & Porion, 2007
* Saiva nodata Distant, 1906
* Saiva transversolineata (Baker, 1925)
* 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. ^ World Auchenorrhyncha Database: Saiva Distant

## External links

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

Taxon identifiers

Saiva|

* Wikidata: Q10660251
* Wikispecies: Saiva
* CoL: 7BQT
* EoL: 31305
* GBIF: 2066138
* iNaturalist: 717214
* IRMNG: 1447469
* NCBI: 548423
* Open Tree of Life: 794823

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