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
Euricania facialis adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
Family: Ricaniidae
Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Genera

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
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References
  1. 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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