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, China and Indochina.[2]
| Saiva | |
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| Saiva nodata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Tribe: | Pyropsini |
| Genus: | Saiva Distant, 1906 |
| Type species | |
| Saiva gemmata (Westwood, 1848)
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Species
editThe World Auchenorrhyncha Database[2] includes:
- Saiva bullata (Distant, 1891)
- Saiva cardinalis (Butler, 1874)
- Saiva coccinea (Walker, 1858)
- Saiva constanti Jiaranaisakul, 2024
- Saiva decorata (Westwood, 1839)
- 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 transversolineata (Baker, 1925)
- Saiva virescens (Westwood, 1842)
References
edit- ^ Distant, W. L. (1906). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 192–193.
- ^ a b World Auchenorrhyncha Database: Saiva Distant