Kalidasa is a genus of planthoppers in the tribe Aphaenini of the family Fulgoridae. There are five species in the genus, which are found in different parts of tropical Asia.[1]
| Kalidasa | |
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| Kalidasa albiflos | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Subfamily: | Aphaeninae |
| Tribe: | Aphaenini |
| Genus: | Kalidasa Kirkaldy, 1900 |
| Type species | |
| Kalidasa sanguinalis (Westwood, 1851) | |
Species
editFour species are listed in FLOW:[1]
- Kalidasa albiflos (Drury, 1773)
- synonym Kalidasa lanata
- synonym Kalidasa dives
- Kalidasa lui Wang & Huang, 1989
- Kalidasa nigromaculata (Gray, 1832)
- synonym Kalidasa paulinia (Signoret, 1862)
- Kalidasa sanguinalis (Westwood, 1851)
- Kalidasa mythiliae Senthilkumar, 2022
Description
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References
edit- 1 2 FLOW Hemiptera database
- ↑ Distant W. L. (1906). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 212–213.
External links
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