Biology:Saiva

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Short description: Genus of planthoppers

Saiva
Saiva nodata.jpg
Saiva nodata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Tribe: Laternariini
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

Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web lists:[2]

  • 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 phesamensis Ollenbach, 1928
  • Saiva pyrrhochlora (Butler, 1874)
  • Saiva semiannulus (Walker, 1858)
  • Saiva transversolineata (Baker, 1925)

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10660251 entry