Kalidasa (planthopper)

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Kalidasa
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Kalidasa lanata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Subfamily: Aphaeninae
Tribe: Aphaenini
Genus: Kalidasa
Kirkaldy, 1900
Type species
Kalidasa sanguinalis
(Westwood, 1851)

Kalidasa is a genus of planthoppers in the tribe Aphaenini of the family Fulgoridae. There are four species in the genus, which are found in different parts of tropical Asia. [1]

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Species

Four species are listed: [1]

Description

They have a slender and flexible stalk-like outgrowth arising from above the tip of the snout. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hemiptera database
  2. Distant W. L. (1906). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 212–213.