Kalidasa albiflos is a species of planthopper in the family Fulgoridae found in India. It was previously known as Kalidasa dives has been proposed that it should be called Kalidasa albiflos contrary to the principle of priority because Kalidasa lanata was described as Cicada lanata, which was found to clash with an earlier usage of Cicada lanata described by Linnaeus in 1758. In order to avoid the homonymy, the next synonym in priority has been chosen.[1][2][3] They have a slender and flexible stalk-like outgrowth arising from above the tip of the snout.[3][2]

Kalidasa albiflos
Kalidasa lanata on Ailanthus triphysa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Kalidasa
Species:
K. albiflos
Binomial name
Kalidasa albiflos
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Cicada lanata Drury, 1773
  • Kalidasa lanata (Drury, 1773)
  • Aphaena albiflos Walker, 1851
  • Aphaena dives Walker, 1851
  • Kalidasa dives (Walker, 1851)
  • Euphria walkeri Atkinson, 1885
  • Kalidasa dives walkeri (Atkinson, 1885)

References

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  1. ^ Dmitriev, Dmitry A. (2020). "Nomenclatural changes in the suborders Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) and Paleorrhyncha (Palaeohemiptera)". Zootaxa. 4881 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33311127.
  2. ^ a b "Kalidasa lanata (Drury, 1773)". Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b Distant W. L. (1906). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 214.