Sikaiana (planthopper)

Sikaiana is a genus of derbid planthoppers in the family Derbidae. There are about 17 described species in Sikaiana.[1][2][3][4]

Sikaiana harti

Sikaiana
Sikaiana harti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Family:	Derbidae
Subfamily:	Otiocerinae
Genus:	Sikaiana

Species

These 17 species belong to the genus Sikaiana:

• Sikaiana africana Muir, 1926 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana albomaculata (Distant, 1917) ^{c g}
• Sikaiana caenosa Muir, 1913 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana clymene Muir, 1913 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana flammeivittata Fennah, 1950 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana fulva Muir, 1913 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana harti Metcalf, 1923 ^{c g b}
• Sikaiana hyalinata Distant, 1907 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana laelaps Fennah, 1970 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana lycotas Fennah, 1969 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana maculosa Distant, 1907 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana makii Muir, 1915 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana nesiope Kirkaldy, 1907 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana nigrimaculata Muir, 1913 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana palaui Fennah, 1956 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana straminea Muir, 1913 ^{c g}
• Sikaiana vitriceps Muir, 1917 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

1. "Browse Sikaiana". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
2. "Sikaiana". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
3. "Sikaiana Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
4. "Sikaiana Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
5. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-09.

Further reading

• Bartlett, C.R. (2012). "Planthoppers of North America". Retrieved 2018-04-09.
• Fennah, R.G. (1969). "Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands". Pacific Insects Monographs. 21: 1–116. doi:10.1093/besa/15.3.259b.
• Metcalf, Z.P. (1947). General Catalogue of the Hemiptera, Fascicle IV: Fulgoroidea, Part 9: Fulgoridae. Smith College.
• Urban, Julie M.; Cryan, Jason R. (2007). "Evolution of the planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42 (2): 556–572. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.009. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 17011797.
• Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1948). Insects of Hawaii: A Manual of the Insects of the Hawaiian Islands, including an Enumeration of the Species and Notes on their Origin, Distribution, Hosts, Parasites, etc. 4. University of Hawaii Press.

External links

• Media related to Sikaiana (planthopper) at Wikimedia Commons