Ricaniidae
Ricaniidae is a family of planthopper insects, containing over 40 genera and 400 species worldwide. The highest diversity is in tropical Africa and Asia and in Australia, with a few species occurring in the Palearctic. It is one of the smaller families in the planthopper superfamily Fulgoroidea.[1]
| Ricaniidae | |
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| Euricania facialis adult | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Superfamily: | Fulgoroidea |
| Family: | Ricaniidae Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 |
| Genera | |
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Some 40, see text | |
Subfamilies and selected genera
- Pharsalinae Gnezdilov, 2009
- 3 genera, (all presently monotypic)
- Pharsalus Melichar, 1906
- Ricamela Gnezdilov, 2019
- Silvanana Metcalf, 1947
- Ricaniinae Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
- Armacia Stål, 1862
- Epitemna Melichar, 1898
- Epithalamium (insect) Kirkaldy, 1906
- Euricania Melichar, 1898
- Meliprivesa Metcalf, 1952
- Mesoricania Melichar, 1923
- Motua Distant, 1909
- Motumotua Distant, 1909
- Mulvia Stål, 1866
- Pochazia Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
- Pochazina Melichar, 1898
- Pochazoides Signoret, 1860
- Privesa Stål, 1862
- Ricania Germar, 1818 - type genus
- Ricanoides Zia, 1935
- Ricanopsis Melichar, 1898
- Ricanoptera Melichar, 1898
- Ricanula Melichar, 1898
- Scolypopa Stål, 1859
- Scotinax Fennah, 1969
- Semestra Jacobi, 1916
- Syndetica Bergroth, 1920
- Tarundia (insect) Stål, 1859
- Trysanor Williams & Fennah, 1980
- Ricaniidae incertae sedis
- Five extinct monotypic genera
Gallery
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Pochazia fasciata, Ghana
Ricania speculum, India
Scolypopa australis nymph
References
- Xu, Chang-Qing; Liang, Ai-Ping & Jiang. Guo-Mei (2007): The genus Euricania Melichar (Homoptera: Ricaniidae) from China. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (1): 1–10. PDF fulltext
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