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Kanaima (froghopper)

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Genus of true bugs

Kanaima

Kanaima katzensteinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Cercopoidea
Family:	Cercopidae
Genus:	Kanaima Distant, 1909

Kanaima is a genus of froghoppers endemic to Brazil & Argentina belonging to the family Cercopidae.

Species

Kanaima katzensteinii Berg, 1879
Kanaima fluvialis Lallemand, 1924
Kanaima fusca Lallemand, 1927
Kanaima nigra Brasil, RS

Excluded species

Four species formerly enclosed in Kanaima was transferred to Mahanarva Distant, 1909.

Mahanarva vittata Walker, 1851
Mahanarva fortunata Lallemand, 1924
Mahanarva radiata Walker, 1851
Mahanarva dubia Stancik & Cavichioli, 2003

References

Schmidt E. 1910 - Neue Gattungen und Arten der Subfamilie Cercopinae Stal, ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cercopiden (Hemiptera-Homoptera). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin 76: 53-112.

Taxon identifiers
Kanaima	Wikidata: Q14633545 Wikispecies: Kanaima CoL: 57CX EoL: 107150 GBIF: 2018303 IRMNG: 1407353 NCBI: 1777618 Open Tree of Life: 4218596

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