Nilaparvata

Nilaparvata[1] is a genus of planthoppers in the subfamily Delphacinae and tribe Delphacini Leach, 1815.

Nilaparvata
Nilaparvata lugens (CSIRO)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
Family: Delphacidae
Subfamily: Delphacinae
Tribe: Delphacini
Genus: Nilaparvata
Distant, 1906
Synonyms

Kalpa Distant, 1906

Species are widely distributed in the Americas, Africa, tropical Asia and Australia.[2] The type species, Nilaparvata lugens, also known as the 'brown planthopper', is a major pest of rice crops.

Species

Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web includes the following:[2]

  • Nilaparvata albotristriata (Kirkaldy, 1907)
  • Nilaparvata angolensis Synave, 1959
  • Nilaparvata bakeri (Muir, 1917)
  • Nilaparvata caldwelli Metcalf, 1955
  • Nilaparvata camilla Fennah, 1969
  • Nilaparvata chaeremon Fennah, 1975
  • Nilaparvata diophantu Fennah, 1958
  • Nilaparvata gerhardi (Metcalf, 1923)
  • Nilaparvata lugens (Stål, 1854) – type species
  • Nilaparvata maeander Fennah, 1958
  • Nilaparvata muiri China, 1925
  • Nilaparvata myersi Muir, 1923
  • Nilaparvata nigritarsis Muir, 1926
  • Nilaparvata oryzae (Matsumura, 1907)
  • Nilaparvata seminula Melichar, 1914
  • Nilaparvata serrata Caldwell, 1951
  • Nilaparvata terracefrons Guo & Liang, 2005
  • Nilaparvata wolcotti Muir & Giffard, 1924

References
  1. Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. [347].
  2. Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Nilaparvata Distant, 1906 (retrieved 14 December 2019)
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