Saiva
For the religious concept, see Shaivism.
Saiva | |
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Saiva gemmata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Fulgoridae |
Genus: | Saiva Distant, 1906 |
Type species | |
Saiva gemmata (Westwood, 1848) | |
Species | |
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Saiva is a genus of Asian lanternbugs, 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]
References
- ↑ Distant, W. L. (1906). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 192–193.
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