Kakuna (planthopper)

Kakuna is a genus of planthopper in the family Delphacidae. It is found in China and Japan.[2] The genus was circumscribed in 1935 by Shōnen Matsumura.[1]

Kakuna
Adult male K. taibaiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Delphacidae
Tribe: Delphacini
Genus: Kakuna
Matsumura, 1935[1]
Type species
Kakuna kuwayamai
Matsumura, 1935
Species
  • K. kuwayamai Matsumura, 1935
  • K. lii Chen & Yang, 2010
  • K. nonspina Chen & Yang, 2010
  • K. taibaiensis Ren & Qin, 2014
  • K. yushaniae (Yang, 1989)
  • K. zhongtuana Chen & Yang, 2010
Synonyms[2]
  • Parametopina Yang 1989

References
  1. Matsumura, Shonen (1935). "Supplementary Note to the Revision of Stenocranus and its Allied Species in Japan-Empire". Insecta Matsumurana. 10 (1–2): 76–77. hdl:2115/9314.
  2. Ren, Feng-Juan; Xie, Qi; Qiao, Li; Qin, Dao-zheng (2014). "Kakuna taibaiensis sp. n. and a newly recorded species of Dicranotropis (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Delphacidae) from China". ZooKeys. 444: 119–130. doi:10.3897/zookeys.444.7810. PMC 4205735. PMID 25349503.

Further reading
  • Ding, Jinhua (2006). Homoptera: Delphacidae. Fauna Sinica: Insecta. Vol. 45. Beijing: Science Press. p. 404. ISBN 9787030205667.
  • Chen, Xiang-Sheng; Yang, Lin (2010). "Oriental bamboo delphacid planthoppers: three new species of genus Kakuna Matsumura (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae) from Guizhou Province, China". Zootaxa. 2344: 29–38. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2344.1.3.
  • Yang, Chung-tu (1989). Delphacidae of Taiwan (II) (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). National Science Council Special Publication. Vol. 6. Taipei: National Science Council. p. 308.


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