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Recilia
Sign in to saveRecilia is a genus of typical leafhoppers from the family Cicadellidae, recorded mostly from Africa, the West Palaearctic and New Zealand. As of Webb & Viraktamath (2009), the vast majority of former species, including the zig-zag leafhopper of rice R. dorsalis, are now placed in the genus Maiestas. Before this, the genus was sometimes treated as a subgenus of Deltocephalus, of the same tribe.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 32
- Family
- Cicadellidae
- Collections
- SAM, INHS, MNHN
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Philippines, Namibia, New Zealand, Gambia, Congo
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Recilia is a genus of typical leafhoppers from the family Cicadellidae, recorded mostly from Africa, the West Palaearctic and New Zealand. As of Webb & Viraktamath (2009), the vast majority of former species, including the zig-zag leafhopper of rice R. dorsalis, are now placed in the genus Maiestas. Before this, the genus was sometimes treated as a subgenus of Deltocephalus, of the same tribe.
==Species== The World Auchenorrhyncha Database includes: Recilia coronifer (Marshall, 1866) Recilia elongatoocellata (Motschulsky, 1859) Recilia indica Rao, 1989 Recilia jenjouristi Zakhvatkin, 1935
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