Ricaniidae

Taxobox
name = Ricaniidae


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Euricania facialis", parasitized by a "Epiricania hagoromo" caterpillar (white)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Exopterygota/Paraneoptera
ordo = Hemiptera
subordo = Auchenorrhyncha
infraordo = Fulgoromorpha
superfamilia = Fulgoroidea
familia = Ricaniidae
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
subdivision = Some 40, see text

The family Ricaniidae is a group of hemipteran insects, containing over 40 genera and 400 species world-wide. Thus, they are one of the smaller families in the planthopper superfamily (Fulgoroidea). The highest diversity is in tropical Africa and Asia and in Australia, with a few species occurring the Palearctic. [Xu "et al." (2007)]

elected genera

* "Armacia"
* "Epitemna"
* "Euricania"
* "Meliprivesa"
* "Pochazia"
* "Privesa"
* "Ricania"
* "Ricanopsis"
* "Ricanula"
* "Tarundia"

Footnotes

References

* (20007): The genus "Euricania" Melichar (Homoptera: Ricaniidae) from China. "Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" 54(1): 1-10. [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/54/54rbz001-010.pdf PDF fulltext]