Saiva Explained

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]

Species

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database[2] includes:

  1. Saiva bullata
  2. Saiva cardinalis
  3. Saiva coccinea
  4. Saiva constanti
  5. Saiva decorata
  6. Saiva formosana
  7. Saiva gemmata - type species
  8. Saiva guttulata
  9. Saiva insularis
  10. Saiva karimbujangi
  11. Saiva nodata
  12. Saiva transversolineata
  13. Saiva virescens

Notes and References

  1. Book: Distant, W. L. . 1906. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. 192–193. Taylor and Francis. London .
  2. https://hoppers.speciesfile.org/otus/72007/overview World Auchenorrhyncha Database: Saiva Distant

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