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Ricaniinae
Ricaniidae is a family of planthopper insects, containing over 400 species worldwide. The highest diversity is in tropical Africa and Asia and in Australia, with a few species occurring in the Palearctic and Neotropical realms. It is one of the smaller families in the planthopper superfamily Fulgoroidea.
32 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Ricania
genusRicania

Pochazia
genusPochazia

Scolypopa
genusScolypopa

Ricanula
genusRicanula

Euricania
genusEuricania

Orosanga
genusOrosanga

Aprivesa
genusAprivesa

Trigonrecava
genusTrigonrecava

Ricanoides
genusRicanoides

Ricanoptera
genusRicanoptera

Mulvia
genusMulvia

Parapiromis
genusParapiromis

Armacia
genusArmacia

Alisca
genusAlisca

Ricanopsis
genusRicanopsis

Lugardia
genusLugardia

Plestia
genusPlestia

Epitemna
genusEpitemna

Privesa
genusPrivesa

Pochazina
genusPochazina

Meliprivesa
genusMeliprivesa

Tarundia
genusTarundia

Mesoricania
genusMesoricania

Acroprivesa
genusAcroprivesa

Semestra
genusSemestra

Scotinax
genusScotinax

Apachnas
genusApachnas

Marleyia
genusMarleyia

Syndetica
genusSyndetica

Mahecania
genusMahecania

Epithalamium
genusEpithalamium

Osaka
genusOsaka
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1163853.