Saiva

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Saiva

Genus of planthoppers

For the religious concept, see Shaivism.

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    Distant, W. L. (1906). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 192–193.
  2. [2]
    Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Saiva Distant, 1906 (retrieved 5 January 2021)
  • Data related to Saiva at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Saiva at Wikimedia Commons
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