''Saiva'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of Asian
planthoppers, family
Fulgoridae
The family Fulgoridae is a large group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, containing over 125 genera worldwide. They are mostly of moderate to large size, many with a superficial resemblance to Lepidoptera due t ...
. 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.
The known distribution is from India, through Indo-China to
Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and ea ...
.
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Species
''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web'' lists:[Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): ''Saiva'' Distant, 1906 (retrieved 5 January 2021)]
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* '' Saiva bullata''
* '' Saiva cardinalis''
* '' Saiva coccinea''
* '' Saiva formosana''
* '' Saiva gemmata'' - type species
* '' Saiva guttulata''
* '' Saiva insularis''
* '' Saiva karimbujangi''
* '' Saiva nodata''
* '' Saiva phesamensis''
* '' Saiva pyrrhochlora''
* '' Saiva semiannulus''
* '' Saiva transversolineata''
References
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Fulgorinae
Auchenorrhyncha genera