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]
Species
Four species are listed:[1]
- Kalidasa lanata (Drury, 1773)
- Kalidasa lui Wang & Huang, 1989
- Kalidasa nigromaculata (Gray, 1832)
- synonym Kalidasa paulinia (Signoret, 1862)
- Kalidasa sanguinalis (Westwood, 1851)
Description
They have a slender and flexible stalk-like outgrowth arising from above the tip of the snout.[2]
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Nymph of a Kalidasa species
References
- ^ a b Hemiptera database
- ^ Distant W. L. (1906). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 212–213.
External links
Media related to Kalidasa at Wikimedia Commons
