Nisia

Nisia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Family:	Meenoplidae
Genus:	Nisia Melichar, 1903

Nisia is a genus of planthoppers in the family Meenoplidae. Species in the genus are known from Africa, Asia and Australia. Most species are associated with monocotyledonous host plants, particularly sedges in the family Cyperaceae.

Species in the genus include:^[1]

• Nisia campbelli Distant, 1916
• Nisia carolinensis Fennah, 1971
• Nisia fuliginosa Lianfang & Chunlin, 1985
• Nisia nervosa (Motchulsky 1863)
• Nisia psylla Bierman, 1910

A cave dwelling species, Nisia subfogo, has been described from Cape Verde.^[2] Two species formerly placed in this genus are now placed in the genus Phaconeura.^[3]

• Nisia nitida Bierman, 1910

References

1. Sohail, K.; Usman, M.; Zhang, Y. (2019). "First record of the family Meenoplidae (Hemiptera:Fulgoromorpha) from Pakistan" (PDF). Entomotaxonomia. 41 (1): 59–63. doi:10.11680/entomotax.2019008 (inactive 1 November 2024).
2. Hoch, H.; Oromi, P.; Arechavaleta, M. (1999). "Nisia subfogo sp. n., a new cave-dwelling planthopper from the Cape Verde Islands (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Meenoplidae)" (PDF). Rev. Acad. Canar. Cienc. 11 (3–4): 189–199.
3. Fennah, R.G. (1963). "A new species of Phaconeura (Fulgoroidea: Meenoplidae)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (65): 299–301. doi:10.1080/00222936308651358.