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Kawanda (planthopper)
''Kawanda'' is a genus of achilid planthoppers in the family Achilidae. There is at least one described species in ''Kawanda'', ''K. luteovittata''. References Further reading * * * * * Achilidae Auchenorrhyncha genera {{Fulgoromorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Gordon Fennah
Ronald Gordon Fennah (1910 – 19 August 1987) was an English entomologist who specialised in the systematics of the Fulgoroidea and worked in the Caribbean Islands and at the Commonwealth Institute of Entomology. Fennah was born in Ludlow and graduated from Cambridge University after which he worked at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture in Trinidad. He later became an entomologist in the Trinidad Department of Agriculture where he worked on the pests of citrus, cococa, and sugarcane. He examined the toxicity of DDT by ingesting and applying it on his own skin in 1944. Fennah moved to London to work at the Commonwealth Institute of Entomology in 1958, becoming its director in 1969 and retiring in 1975. He worked on the systematics of the Auchenorrhyncha The Auchenorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains most of the familiar members of what was called the "Homoptera" – groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs. The aphid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achilidae
Achilidae is a family of achilid planthoppers in the order Hemiptera. There are at least 160 genera and 520 described species in Achilidae. See also * List of Achilidae genera This is a list of 161 genera in the family Achilidae, achilid planthoppers. Achilidae genera * '' Abas'' * '' Achilla'' * '' Achilus'' * '' Acixiites'' * '' Acocarinus'' * ''Acus'' * '' Afrachilus'' * '' Agandecca'' * '' Akotropis'' * '' ... References Further reading * * * * * * * * * * * * External links * Auchenorrhyncha families Fulgoromorpha {{Fulgoromorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
