Nirvana (leafhopper)

Nirvana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadellidae
Subfamily:	Evacanthinae
Genus:	Nirvana; Kirkaldy, 1900
Species
	Several, including:; Nirvana longitudinalis; Nirvana pallida; Nirvana suturalis

Nirvana is a leafhopper genus belonging to the Evacanthinae subfamily and the tribe Nirvanini.¹ They are distinguishable from other leafhopper subfamilies by their uniquely shaped head and the presence of two preapical cells alone on the tegmen.²

References

"Nirvana Kirkaldy, 1900". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
Evans, J. W. (31 December 1966). "The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea and Cercopoidea)" (PDF). Australian Museum Scientific Publications. 12: 1–347 – via Australian Museum.

[1] "Nirvana Kirkaldy, 1900". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[2] Evans, J. W. (31 December 1966). "The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea and Cercopoidea)" (PDF). Australian Museum Scientific Publications. 12: 1–347 – via Australian Museum.

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