Saiva

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title: "Saiva" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hemiptera-of-asia", "fulgorinae", "auchenorrhyncha-genera"] description: "Genus of planthoppers" topic_path: "general/hemiptera-of-asia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saiva" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of planthoppers ::

| image = Saiva nodata.jpg | image_caption = Saiva nodata | taxon = Saiva | authority = Distant, 1906 | type_species = Saiva gemmata | type_species_authority=(Westwood, 1848)

Saiva is a genus of Asian planthoppers, family Fulgoridae. 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, China and Indochina.

Species

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database includes:

1. Saiva bullata (Distant, 1891)
2. Saiva cardinalis (Butler, 1874)
3. Saiva coccinea (Walker, 1858)
4. Saiva constanti
5. Saiva decorata
6. Saiva formosana Kato, 1929
7. Saiva gemmata (Westwood, 1848) - type species
8. Saiva guttulata (Westwood, 1842)
9. Saiva insularis (Kirby, 1891)
10. Saiva karimbujangi Chew Kea Foo & Porion, 2007
11. Saiva nodata Distant, 1906
12. Saiva transversolineata (Baker, 1925)
13. Saiva virescens (Westwood, 1842)

References

References

1. Distant, W. L.. (1906). "The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3". Taylor and Francis.
2. [https://hoppers.speciesfile.org/otus/72007/overview World Auchenorrhyncha Database: ''Saiva'' Distant]

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