Nirvana is a leafhopper genus belonging to the Evacanthinae subfamily and the tribe Nirvanini.[1] They are distinguishable from other leafhopper subfamilies by their uniquely shaped head and the presence of two preapical cells alone on the tegmen.[2]
Nirvana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadellidae |
Subfamily: | Evacanthinae |
Genus: | Nirvana Kirkaldy, 1900 |
Species | |
Several, including: |
References
edit- ^ "Nirvana Kirkaldy, 1900". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ Evans, J. W. (31 December 1966). "The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea and Cercopoidea)" (PDF). Australian Museum Scientific Publications. 12: 1–347 – via Australian Museum.