''Alisca''
[Stål C (1870) ''Hemiptera insularum Philippinarum.'' Bidrag till Philippinska öarnes Hemipter-fauna. ''Ofversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar.'' Stockholm 27: 607-776.] is a genus of
planthopper
A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environmen ...
s in the subfamily
Ricaniinae
Ricaniidae is a family of planthopper insects, containing over 400 species worldwide. The highest diversity is in tropical Africa and Asia and in Australia, with a few species occurring in the Palearctic and Neotropical realms. It is one of the sm ...
, erected by
Carl Stål
Carl Stål (21 March 1833 – 13 June 1878) was a Swedish entomologist specialising in Hemiptera.
He was born at Karlberg Castle, Stockholm on 21 March 1833 and died at Frösundavik near Stockholm on 13 June 1878. He was the son of architect, ...
in 1870.
Species
''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web'' includes the following, recorded from the Philippines and Sulawesi:
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Alisca circumpicta'' Stål, 1870
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Alisca compacta'' Melichar, 1898
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Alisca tagalica'' (Stål, 1865) - type species
References
External links
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Ricaniidae
Hemiptera of Asia
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