Carvaka

Carvaka
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Scaphoideini
Subtribe: Drabescina
Genus: Carvaka
Distant, 1918
Synonyms

Exitianiellus Evans, 1966

Carvaka is a genus of African and Asian planthoppers in the subtribe Drabescina,[1] erected by William Lucas Distant in 1918.[2]

Species

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database[1] includes:

  1. Carvaka bigeminata Cen & Cai, 2002
  2. Carvaka clava Viraktamath, 1998
  3. Carvaka compressa Viraktamath, 1998
  4. Carvaka confusa Viraktamath, 1998
  5. Carvaka contempta (Kirkaldy, 1906)
  6. Carvaka dolens (Melichar, 1903)
  7. Carvaka elegantula (Evans, 1966)
  8. Carvaka elongata Viraktamath, 1998
  9. Carvaka emeiensis Lu & Zhang, 2023
  10. Carvaka flava Fletcher & Semeraro, 2007
  11. Carvaka formosana (Matsumura, 1914)
  12. Carvaka girijae Viraktamath, 1998
  13. Carvaka jiangkouensis Lu & Zhang, 2023
  14. Carvaka kumari Viraktamath, 1998
  15. Carvaka maculata Fletcher & Semeraro, 2007
  16. Carvaka modesta Distant, 1918
  17. Carvaka mouldsorum Fletcher & Semeraro, 2007
  18. Carvaka nielsoni Viraktamath, 1998
  19. Carvaka ochrophara Distant, 1918
  20. Carvaka picturata Distant, 1918 - type species
  21. Carvaka pruthii Viraktamath, 1998
  22. Carvaka sinuata Viraktamath, 1998
  23. Carvaka synavei Viraktamath, 1998
  24. Carvaka thoracica Distant, 1918
  25. Carvaka wellingtoni Viraktamath, 1998

References

  1. ^ a b World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Carvaka Distant, 1918 (retrieved 30 December 2025)
  2. ^ Distant WL (1918) Rhynchota. VII. Homoptera: appendix. Heteroptera: addenda. In A.E. Shipley & G.A.K. Marshall (Eds.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis, London. Vol. 7, pp. i-viii + 1–210.