Biology:Kalidasa (bug)
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Kalidasa | |
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Kalidasa lanata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
Family: | Fulgoridae |
Tribe: | Aphaenini |
Genus: | Kalidasa Kirkaldy, 1900 |
Type species | |
Kalidasa sanguinalis (Westwood, 1851)
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Species | |
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Kalidasa is a genus of bugs in the tribe Aphaenini of the family Fulgoridae. There are six species in the genus, which are found in different parts of tropical Asia. They have a slender and flexible stalk-like outgrowth arising from above the tip of the snout.[1]
Nymph of a Kalidasa species
References
- ↑ Distant W. L. (1906). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 212–213. https://archive.org/stream/rhynchota03dist#page/212/mode/2up.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10542612 entry