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 | |
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| Kalidasa lanata on Ailanthus triphysa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Genus: | Kalidasa |
| Species: | K. albiflos
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| Binomial name | |
| Kalidasa albiflos (Drury, 1773)
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Kalidasa lanata (Drury, 1773)". Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ a b Distant W. L. (1906). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 214.
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