Ricaniidae

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Ricaniidae
Euricania facialis, parasitized by a Epiricania hagoromo caterpillar (white)
Euricania facialis, parasitized by a Epiricania hagoromo caterpillar (white)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Exopterygota/Paraneoptera
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
Family: Ricaniidae
Subfamilies

Some 40, see text

The family Ricaniidae is a group of hemipteran insects, containing over 40 genera and 400 species world-wide. Thus, they are one of the smaller families in the planthopper superfamily (Fulgoroidea). The highest diversity is in tropical Africa and Asia and in Australia, with a few species occurring the Palearctic.[1]

[edit] Selected genera

  • Armacia
  • Epitemna
  • Euricania
  • Meliprivesa
  • Pochazia
  • Privesa
  • Ricania
  • Ricanopsis
  • Ricanula
  • Tarundia

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Xu et al. (2007)

[edit] References

  • Xu, Chang-Qing; Liang, Ai-Ping & Jiang. Guo-Mei (20007): The genus Euricania Melichar (Homoptera: Ricaniidae) from China. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54(1): 1-10. PDF fulltext


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