Kalidasa (planthopper)

Kalidasa is a genus of planthoppers in the tribe Aphaenini of the family Fulgoridae. There are five species in the genus, which are found in different parts of tropical Asia.^[1]

Kalidasa
Kalidasa albiflos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Family:	Fulgoridae
Subfamily:	Aphaeninae
Tribe:	Aphaenini
Genus:	Kalidasa Kirkaldy, 1900
Type species
Kalidasa sanguinalis (Westwood, 1851)

Species

Four species are listed in FLOW:^[1]

• Kalidasa albiflos (Drury, 1773)
  • synonym Kalidasa lanata
  • synonym Kalidasa dives
• Kalidasa lui Wang & Huang, 1989
• Kalidasa nigromaculata (Gray, 1832)
  • synonym Kalidasa paulinia (Signoret, 1862)
• Kalidasa sanguinalis (Westwood, 1851)
• Kalidasa mythiliae Senthilkumar, 2022

Description

They have a slender and flexible stalk-like outgrowth arising from above the tip of the snout.^[2]

• 
  Kalidasa albiflos
• 
  Nymph of a Kalidasa species