Biology:Sikaiana (planthopper)

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Sikaiana
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Sikaiana harti
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Derbidae
Subfamily: Otiocerinae
Genus: Sikaiana

Sikaiana is a genus of derbid planthoppers in the family Derbidae. There are about 17 described species in Sikaiana.[1][2][3][4]

Sikaiana harti

Species

These 17 species belong to the genus Sikaiana:

  • Sikaiana africana Muir, 1926 c g
  • Sikaiana albomaculata (Distant, 1917) c g
  • Sikaiana caenosa Muir, 1913 c g
  • Sikaiana clymene Muir, 1913 c g
  • Sikaiana flammeivittata Fennah, 1950 c g
  • Sikaiana fulva Muir, 1913 c g
  • Sikaiana harti Metcalf, 1923 c g b
  • Sikaiana hyalinata Distant, 1907 c g
  • Sikaiana laelaps Fennah, 1970 c g
  • Sikaiana lycotas Fennah, 1969 c g
  • Sikaiana maculosa Distant, 1907 c g
  • Sikaiana makii Muir, 1915 c g
  • Sikaiana nesiope Kirkaldy, 1907 c g
  • Sikaiana nigrimaculata Muir, 1913 c g
  • Sikaiana palaui Fennah, 1956 c g
  • Sikaiana straminea Muir, 1913 c g
  • Sikaiana vitriceps Muir, 1917 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

Further reading

  • Bartlett, C.R. (2012). "Planthoppers of North America". http://canr.udel.edu/planthoppers/. Retrieved 2018-04-09. 
  • Fennah, R.G. (1969). "Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands". Pacific Insects Monographs 21 (3): 259–260. doi:10.1093/besa/15.3.259b. 
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1947). General Catalogue of the Hemiptera, Fascicle IV: Fulgoroidea, Part 9: Fulgoridae. Smith College. 
  • Urban, Julie M.; Cryan, Jason R. (2007). "Evolution of the planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42 (2): 556–572. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.009. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 17011797. 
  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1948). Insects of Hawaii: A Manual of the Insects of the Hawaiian Islands, including an Enumeration of the Species and Notes on their Origin, Distribution, Hosts, Parasites, etc.. 4. University of Hawaii Press. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q18098959 entry