Ricaniidae is a

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

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 environment ...

insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...

s, containing over 400

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

worldwide. The highest diversity is in tropical

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

and

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an ...

and in Australia, with a few species occurring in the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...

and

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bi ...

realms. It is one of the smaller families in the planthopper superfamily Fulgoroidea.Xu, Chang-Qing; Liang, Ai-Ping & Jiang. Guo-Mei (2007): The genus ''Euricania'' Melichar (Homoptera: Ricaniidae) from China. ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology'' 54 (1): 1–10
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Subfamilies and Genera

As of 2022, ''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web'' includes:

Pharsalinae

Auth.: Gnezdilov, 2009 (

- all presently monotypic) # ''

Pharsalus ''Pharsalus''Melichar L (1906) ''Monographie der Issiden. (Homoptera). Abhandlungen der K. K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.'' Wien 3: 1-327 21 is the type genus of planthoppers in the subfamily Pharsalinae (family Ricaniidae); ...

'' Melichar, 1906 # '' Ricamela'' Gnezdilov, 2019 # '' Silvanana'' Metcalf, 1947

Ricaniinae

Auth.: Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 # '' Acroprivesa'' Schmidt, 1912 # '' Alisca'' Stål, 1870 # '' Aliscella'' Fennah, 1969 # '' Apachnas'' Distant, 1909 # '' Aprivesa'' Melichar, 1923 # '' Armacia'' Stål, 1862 # '' Armilustrium (planthopper)'' Distant, 1917 # '' Carmentalia (planthopper)'' Distant, 1917 # '' Coniunctivena'' Stroinski, Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2011 # '' Cotrades'' Walker, 1858 # '' Cyamosa'' Stroinski, Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2011 # '' Deferundata'' Distant, 1917 # '' Deraulax'' Signoret, 1860 # '' Epitemna'' Melichar, 1898 # '' Epithalamium (planthopper)'' Kirkaldy, 1906 # '' Euricania'' Melichar, 1898 # '' Globularica'' Stroinski, Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2011 # '' Hajar (planthopper)'' Kirkaldy, 1905 # '' Isobium'' Melichar, 1906 # '' Janssensia'' Lallemand, 1950 # ''

Kazukuru (planthopper) Kazukuru is an extinct language that was once spoken in New Georgia, Solomon Islands. The Dororo and Guliguli languages (if they even existed) were transcriptional variants, dialects, or closely related. The speakers of Kazukuru gradually merged ...

'' Stroinski, 2021 # '' Keiserana'' Synave, 1966 # '' Kruegeria'' Schmidt, 1911 # '' Lambertoniana'' Dmitriev, 2020 # '' Lugardia'' Distant, 1909 # '' Mahecania'' Stroinski, 2013 # ''

Marleyia ''Marleyia''Distant WL (1909) Rhynchotal notes xlix. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History.'' London. (Ser. 8) 4: 320-338. is a genus of planthoppers in the subfamily Ricaniinae Ricaniidae is a family of planthopper insects, containing ove ...

'' Distant, 1909 # '' Meliprivesa'' Metcalf, 1952 # '' Mesoricania'' Melichar, 1923 # '' Motua'' Distant, 1909 # '' Motumotua'' Distant, 1909 # '' Mulvia'' Stål, 1866 # '' Nasatus'' Stroinski, Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2011 # '' Neoprivesa'' Distant, 1917 # '' Nesomimas'' Fennah, 1971 # '' Orosanga'' Fennah, 1971 # '' Osaka (planthopper)'' Distant, 1909 # '' Paici (planthopper)'' Stroinski, 2010 # '' Parapiromis'' Bu, Larivière & Liang, 2010 # '' Paurostauria'' Kirby, 1900 # '' Plestia'' Stål, 1870 # '' Pocharica'' Signoret, 1860 # '' Pocharista'' Melichar, 1923 # ''

Pochazia ''Pochazia'' is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Ricaniidae. The species of this genus are found in Africa and Southeastern Asia. Species ''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web'' and GBIF include: # ''Pochazia 5-costatus'' Signoret, 1860 ...

'' Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 # '' Pochazina'' Melichar, 1898 # '' Pochazoides'' Signoret, 1860 # '' Privesa'' Stål, 1862 # '' Ricania'' Germar, 1818 - type genus # '' Ricanoides'' Zia, 1935 # '' Ricanopsis'' Melichar, 1898 # '' Ricanoptera'' Melichar, 1898 # ''

Ricanula ''Ricanula'' is a genus of planthopper belonging to family Ricaniidae 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 specie ...

'' Melichar, 1898 # '' Scolypopa'' Stål, 1859 # '' Scotinax'' Fennah, 1969 # '' Semestra'' Jacobi, 1916 # ''Sensorica'' Stroinski, 2021 – monotypic '' Sensorica namibiensis'' Stroinski, 2021 # '' Syndetica'' Bergroth, 1920 # '' Tarehylava'' Stroinski, 2021 # '' Tarundia'' Stål, 1859 # '' Trysanor'' Williams & Fennah, 1980

Ricaniidae ''
incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...
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* '' Jeromicanus'' Stroinski, 2020 * Five extinct monotypic genera

Gallery

Ricaniidae planthopper (Pochazia fasciata).jpg, ''Pochazia fasciata'',

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

Ricania speculum by kadavoor.jpg, ''Ricania speculum'',

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

Scolypopa australis nymph.jpg, '' Scolypopa australis'' nymph

References

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