Ricaniidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamilia: Fulgoroidea

Familia: Ricaniidae
Subfamiliae (2): Pharsalinae – Ricaniinae

Genera Incertae sedis total (6):
Extant groups (1): Jeromicanus
Fossil groups (5): †Abraracourcix – †Ankwlanno – †Eobladina – †Scolypopites – †Yuripopoverus
Overview of genera (69)

Extant groups (64): Acroprivesa – Alisca – Aliscella – Apachnas – Aprivesa – Armacia – Armilustrium – Carmentalia – Coniunctivena – Cotrades – Cyamosa – Decipha – Deferundata – Deraulax – Epitemna – Epithalamium – Euricania – Globularica – Hajar – Janssensia – Jeromicanus – Kazukuru – Keiserana – Kruegeria – Lambertonia – Lugardia – Mahecania – Marleyia – Meliprivesa – Mesoricania – Motua – Motumotua – Mulvia – Nasatus – Neoprivesa – Nesomimas – Orosanga – Osaka – Paici – Parapiromis – Paurostauria – Pharsalus – Plestia – Pocharica – Pocharista – Pochazia – Pochazina – Pochazoides – Privesa – Ricania – Ricanoides – Ricanopsis – Ricanoptera – Ricamela – Ricanula – Scolypopa – Scotinax – Semestra – Sensorica – Silvanana – Syndetica – Tarehylava – Tarundia – Trysanor
Fossil groups (5): †Abraracourcix – †Ankwlanno – †Eobladina – †Scolypopites – †Yuripopoverus
Name

Ricaniidae Amyot & Serville, 1843
References

Amyot C.J.B. & Serville J.G. 1843: Deuxième partie. Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. Histoire Naturelle des insectes. Hemiptères, 1843: 1–676.

Bu, C-p.; Larivière, M.-C.; Liang, A-p. 2010: Parapiromis nom. nov., a new name for Piromis Fennah (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae), with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 2400: 29–40. Preview
Fennah, R.G. 1967: A new genus and species of Ricaniidae from Palaeocene deposits in North Dakota. Journal of natural history, 2(1): 143–146. DOI: 10.1080/00222936800770721
Fletcher, M.J. 2008: A key to the genera of Ricaniidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) recorded in Australia with notes on the Australian fauna, including a new species of Epithalamium Kirkaldy. Australian journal of entomology, 47: 107–120. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2008.00636.x
Gnezdilov, V.M. 2009: A new subfamily of the planthopper family Ricaniidae Amyot et Serville (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Entomologicheskoe obozrenie, 88(4): 807–812. [not seen, in Russian, English translation in Entomological review, 89(9): 1082–1086. (2009) DOI: 10.1134/S0013873809090097]
Jiang, Z., Liu, J. & Qin, D-Z. 2019. Sperm ultrastructure of Pochazia shantungensis (Chou & Lu) and Ricania speculum (Walker) (Hemiptera, Ricaniidae) with phylogenetic implications. ZooKeys, 880: 43–59. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.880.32810 Open access Reference page.
Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M.J.; Larochelle, A. 2010: Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (63) ISBN 978-0-478-34720-3 (print), ISBN 978-0-478-34721-0 (online)
Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
Ren, L-L., Stroiński, A. & Qin, D-Z. 2016. Three new species of the genus Ricanula Melichar, 1898 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) from China. Zootaxa 4168(3): 557–569. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.7. Reference page.
Stroiński, A. 2010: Mulvia trialbofasciata n. sp. from Africa (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae). Genus:, 21(1): 1–9. PDF
Stroinski, A., 2010: Revision of the African genus Acroprivesa Schmidt, 1912 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Ricaniidae). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 57(2): 259–270. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.201000023
Stroiński, A. 2010: Paici cassani gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) from New Caledonia. Annales zoologici, 60(4): 573–582. DOI: 10.3161/000345410X550436
Stroiński, A.; Gnezdilov, V.M.; Bourgoin, T. 2011: Sub-brachypterous Ricaniidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) of Madagascar with morphological notes for these taxa. Zootaxa, 3145: 1–70. Preview
Xu, C.-Q. ; A.-P. Liang & G.-M. Jiang 2006: The genus Euricania Melichar (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) from China. Raffles bulletin of zoology, 54(1): 1–10. PDF

Links

Ricaniidae Taxon details in FLOW - Hemiptera data bases

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.[1]

Subfamilies and Genera

As of 2022, Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web includes:
Pharsalinae

Auth.: Gnezdilov, 2009 (Neotropical - all presently monotypic)

Pharsalus Melichar, 1906
Ricamela Gnezdilov, 2019
Silvanana Metcalf, 1947

Ricaniinae

Auth.: Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Acroprivesa Schmidt, 1912
Alisca Stål, 1870
Aliscella Fennah, 1969
Apachnas Distant, 1909
Aprivesa Melichar, 1923
Armacia Stål, 1862
Armilustrium (planthopper) Distant, 1917
Carmentalia (planthopper) Distant, 1917
Coniunctivena Stroinski, Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2011
Cotrades Walker, 1858
Cyamosa Stroinski, Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2011
Deferundata Distant, 1917
Deraulax Signoret, 1860
Epitemna Melichar, 1898
Epithalamium (planthopper) Kirkaldy, 1906
Euricania Melichar, 1898
Globularica Stroinski, Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2011
Hajar (planthopper) Kirkaldy, 1905
Isobium Melichar, 1906
Janssensia Lallemand, 1950
Kazukuru (planthopper) Stroinski, 2021
Keiserana Synave, 1966
Kruegeria Schmidt, 1911
Lambertoniana Dmitriev, 2020
Lugardia Distant, 1909
Mahecania Stroinski, 2013
Marleyia Distant, 1909
Meliprivesa Metcalf, 1952
Mesoricania Melichar, 1923
Motua Distant, 1909
Motumotua Distant, 1909
Mulvia Stål, 1866
Nasatus Stroinski, Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2011
Neoprivesa Distant, 1917
Nesomimas Fennah, 1971
Orosanga Fennah, 1971
Osaka (planthopper) Distant, 1909
Paici (planthopper) Stroinski, 2010
Parapiromis Bu, Larivière & Liang, 2010
Paurostauria Kirby, 1900
Plestia Stål, 1870
Pocharica Signoret, 1860
Pocharista Melichar, 1923
Pochazia Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Pochazina Melichar, 1898
Pochazoides Signoret, 1860
Privesa Stål, 1862
Ricania Germar, 1818 - type genus
Ricanoides Zia, 1935
Ricanopsis Melichar, 1898
Ricanoptera Melichar, 1898
Ricanula Melichar, 1898
Scolypopa Stål, 1859
Scotinax Fennah, 1969
Semestra Jacobi, 1916
Sensorica Stroinski, 2021 – monotypic Sensorica namibiensis Stroinski, 2021
Syndetica Bergroth, 1920
Tarehylava Stroinski, 2021
Tarundia Stål, 1859
Trysanor Williams & Fennah, 1980

Ricaniidae incertae sedis

Jeromicanus Stroinski, 2020
Five extinct monotypic genera

Gallery

Pochazia fasciata, Ghana

Ricania speculum, India

Scolypopa australis nymph

References

Xu, Chang-Qing; Liang, Ai-Ping & Jiang. Guo-Mei (2007): The genus Euricania Melichar (Homoptera: Ricaniidae) from China. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (1): 1–10. PDF fulltext