Kalidasa (genus)

Kalidasa
Kalidasa cf. nigromaculata from Mangaon, Maharashtra, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Kalidasa
Kirkaldy, 1900
Type species
Kalidasa sanguinalis
(Westwood, 1851)
Species
  • Kalidasa dives (Walker, 1851)
  • Kalidasa lanata (Drury, 1773)
  • Kalidasa lui Wang & Huang, 1989
  • Kalidasa nigromaculata (Gray, 1832)
  • Kalidasa paulinia (Signoret, 1862)
  • Kalidasa sanguinalis (Westwood, 1851)

Kalidasa is a genus of insects in the tribe Aphaenini of the family Fulgoridae. There are six species in the genus, which are found in different parts of tropical Asia. They have a slender and flexible stalk-like outgrowth arising from above the tip of the snout.[1]

References

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