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Nirvana (leafhopper)

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Genus of true bugs

Nirvana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Evacanthinae
Genus: Nirvana
Kirkaldy, 1900
Species

Several, including:
Nirvana longitudinalis
Nirvana pallida
Nirvana suturalis

Nirvana is a leafhopper genus belonging to the Evacanthinae subfamily and the tribe Nirvanini. They are distinguishable from other leafhopper subfamilies by their uniquely shaped head and the presence of two preapical cells alone on the tegmen.

References

  1. "Nirvana Kirkaldy, 1900". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  2. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Nirvana


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