Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world. There are about two million species of arthropods found in the world, and still is counting.
The following list is about confirmed hemipterans recorded in Sri Lanka, though many new unconfirmed sightings are existent.
Hemipterans Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera
The Hemiptera order of insects includes the insects commonly known as the true bugs. The order includes planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, cicadas, aphids. More than 70,000 species are distributed worldwide. Most hemipterans are plant sap feeders, some are parasitic, while the rest are predators who attack small insects and small invertebrates. Most species are terrestrial and a few are aquatic. Hemipterans are hemimetabolous, where young are similar to adults in the morphology. Hemipterans are economically important insects, where most of them are agricultural pests and vertebrate parasites.
The following list provide the hemipterans currently identified in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is known to be home for 794 species of hemipterans included to 71 families. Detailed work of Sri Lankan hemipterans are recorded in book Catalogue of Hemiptera of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka comprises 74 species in 46 genera and 6 families of aphids within order Hemiptera. Two endemic aphid species found on Sri Lanka. Many researches have been carried out by different hemipteran families by local and overseas experts.
In 2009, M. Prashanthini and M. Vinobaba of Eastern University of Sri Lanka carried out experiments on mealybugs and identified 38 species of mealybugs from Sri Lanka with new exotic species. Un updated systematic catalogue of cicadas of South Asia have been published in 2016. According to that, 22 species of cicadas were recorded from Sri Lanka. Chopra and Rustagi in 2012 published the characters of the subfamily Chauliopinae from India and Sri Lanka.
In 2012, B. Vasantharaj David compiled the checklist and diversity of whiteflies of Sri Lanka with new records of seven species and new Pealius species from Sri Lanka. Fourteen species belonging to eight genera of soft scales were identified with two introduced species from Sri Lanka. The provisional checklist of the leafhoppers in Sri Lanka have been compiled by Dr. Rajendramani Gnaneswaran of the department of zoology, University of Jaffna. With her revision, 257 leafhopper species belonging to 120 genera have been identified from Sri Lanka.
Family: Achilidae - achilid planthoppers Akotropis malayana Callinesia fimbriolata Caristianus indicus Chroneba pallifrons Epirama conspergata Gordiacea oculata Indorupex albivenulosa Magadha nebulosa Paratangia marginata Paratangia notata Tangina bipunctata
Family: Aclerdidae - aclerdid scales Aclerda distorta
Family: Adelgidae - spruce aphids Pseudophacopteron floccosa
Family: Aleyrodidae - whiteflies
Aleurocanthus citriperdus Aleurocanthus ficicola Aleurocanthus martini Aleurocanthus niger Aleurocanthus nigricans Aleurocanthus piperis Aleurocanthus spiniferus Aleurocanthus woglumi Aleuroclava selvakumarani Aleuroclava srilankaensis Aleurodicus antidesmae Aleurolobus flavus Aleurolobus greeni Aleurolobus marlatti Aleurolobus setigerus Aleuroplatus incisus Aleuroplatus pectiniferus Aleuroplatus premnae Aleuroplatus spina Aleurotrachelus longispinus Aleyrodes hyperici Bemisia tabaci Crescentaleyrodes semilunaris Dialeurodes citri Dialeurodes decempuncta Dialeurodes dissimilis Dialeurodes ixorae Dialeurodes loranthi Dialeurodes radiilinealis Dialeurodes radiipuncta Dialeurolonga maculata Dialeuropora decempuncta Laingiella bambusae Minutaleyrodes minuta Neomaskellia andropogonis Orientaleyrodes zeylanicus Pealius nelsoni Rhachisphora capitatis Rhachisphora rutherfordi Rhachisphora setulosa Rhachisphora trilobitoides Tetraleurodes psidii Tetraleurodes rugosus Vasdavidius setiferus Zaphanera cyanotis
Family: Alydidae - broad-headed bugs Dulichius inflatus
Family: Aphalaridae Ctenarytaina eucalypti
Family: Aphididae
Family: Aphrophoridae - spittlebugs Clovia lineatocollis Poophilus costalis Ptyelus declaratus
Family: Aradidae - flat bugs Aneurus greeni Mezira membranacea Neuroctenus hyalinipennis Singhalaptera secunda Signocoris nilgiricus
Family: Asterolecaniidae - pit scales Amorphococcus mesuae Asterolecanium bella Asterolecanium coronatum Asterolecanium epidendri Asterolecanium miliaris Bambusaspis bambusae Bambusaspis delicatum Bambusaspis longa Bambusaspis longum Bambusaspis miliaris Bambusaspis pseudomiliaris Bambusaspis solenophoroides Polea ceylonica
Family: Belostomatidae - giant water bugs Diplonychus rusticus Lethocerus indicus
Family: Berytidae - stilt bugs Metacanthus pulchellus
Family: Caliscelidae - piglet bugs Chirodisca eximia Lasonia kirkaldyi Pterilia ceylonensis Pterilia piceata Pterilia signata Pterygoma nasuta Symplana viridinervis
Family: Calophyidae Calophya spondiasae
Family: Carsidaridae Leptynoptera lanka Mesohomotoma lutheri Tenaphalara acutipennis
Family: Cercopidae - froghoppers Caloscarta capitata Caloscarta pallescens Cosmoscarta affinis Cosmoscarta egeria Cosmoscarta greeni Cosmoscarta heroina Cosmoscarta inconspicua Cosmoscarta taprobanensis Eoscarta apicata Homalostethus tennanti Leptataspis inclusa Rhinastria bicolor
Family: [erococcidae - ornate pit scales Cerococcus albospicatus Cerococcus indicus Cerococcus koebelei Cerococcus ornatus Cerococcus roseus
Family: Cicadellidae - leafhoppers
Acacimenus zeylonicus Aconura colombensis Acostemma walkeri Agallia biplagiata Aidola erota Aidola orbata Alebroides bidens Amrasca apicoserrata Amrasca biguttula Amrasca bombaxia Amrasca pringlei Amrasca splendens Amritodus atkinsoni Anatkina helena Apheliona bioculata Asepodiva ihana Austroagallia nitobei Baguoidea rufa Balbillus granulosus Balclutha punctata Balclutha rubrostriatus Balocha astutus Banus oblatus Batracomorphus chlorophana Batracomorphus indica Batracomorphus piceatus Bhatia distanti Bhatia olivaceus Calodia ostentus Calodia paraostenta Carvaka dolens Cerkira angusta Cestius sellatus Changwhania ceylonensis Chatura nigella Chiasmus uzelii Cicadula vaga Coelidia atkinsoni Confucius bituberculatus Cubnara currax Deltocephalus fuscovarius Deltocephalus rufolineatus Deltocephalus scriptus Deltocephalus transparipennis Deltocephalus variegatus Destinoides latifrons Diomma ochracea Divus bipunctatus Doratulina laetus Doratulina solitaris Doratulina verticus Dorycnia funeta Dorycnia melichari Dorycnia mirabilis Drabescus angulatus Drabescus conspicuus Drabescus stramineus Dussana quaerenda Empoasca amasa Empoasca cona Empoasca kudlata Empoasca lautereri Empoasca malliki Empoasca motti Empoasca spirosa Empoasca tanova Empoasca triangularis Empoascanara cilla Empoascanara fumigata Empoascanara maculifrons Empoascanara nigrobimaculata Empoascanara prima Empoascanara regularis Empoascanara sathyamangalamensis Empoascanara sordida Eogypona kirbyi Eutettix apricus Exitianus capicola Exitianus fusconervosus Gambialoa cellularis Gambialoa finita Gambialoa nigra Gambialoa stubbsi Glossocratus greeni Goniagnathus nervosus Goniagnathus punctifer Gunghuyana cingalensis Haranga scutellaris Hecalus nervosus Heliona constricta Helionides exsultans Hishimonus apricus Hishimonus arcuatus Hishimonus discigutta Hishimonus dividens Hishimonus nielsoni Homa haematoptila Idioscopus nigroclypeatus Idioscopus niveosparsus Ifuaria pallida Ifugoa media Igerna bimaculicollis Jacobiasca boninensis Jacobiasca formosana Jacobiasca lybica Jacobiasca melichari Jacobiasca renschi Jassargus infirmus Kamaza sadakorni Kana decora Kana fasciata Kana ordinata Kana ramificata Kana thoracica Kapsa cerna Kapsa vana Koperta nidogra Krisna kirbyi Kutara brunnescens Kutara transversa Lampridius spectabilis Lankama pringeli Lankasca centromaculata Lectotypella rawa Ledra cingalensis Ledra dilatata Ledra intermedia Ledra rugosa Ledra sublata Ledropsis obligens Ledropsis producta Ledropsis punctulata Ledropsis singalensis Leofa curtulus Linnavuoriella arcuatus Litura unda Macropsis ceylonica Malichus capitatus Matsumurina communis Megabyzus signandus Mimotettix albomaculatus Mimotettix lateralis Mizeria chimera Molopopterus ni Motschulskyia inspirata Motschulskyia serrata Mukaria penthimioides Nehela atrovenosa Neoaliturus guttulatus Neodartus acocephaloides Neodartus rufopunctatus Neodartus scutellatus Nephotettix malayanus Nephotettix nigropicta Nephotettix parvus Nephotettix sympatricus Niedoida atrifrons Nimabanana rawana Parallygus divaricatus Paramesodes matalae Pedioscopus unimaculatus Penthimia erebus Penthimia juno Penthimia melanocephala Penthimia vittatifrons Periacerus lankensis Petalocephala bicolor Petalocephala chlorocephala Petalocephala confusa Petalocephala conica Petalocephala glauca Petalocephala nigrilinea Petalocephala perductalis Petalocephala remota Petalocephala tabulata Petalocephala uniformis Petalocephala walkeri Platyretus marginatus Pratura ceylona Preta gratiosa Pythamus dealbatus Qadria rubronotata Rawania petasata Recilia dorsalis Recilia elongatoocellatus Recilia intermedius Scaphoideus elegantalus Scaphoideus festivus Scaphoideus fletcheri Scaphoideus morosus Scaphoideus notatus Scaphoideus ornatus Scaphoideus punctulatus Scaphoideus sculptellus Seriana jaina Seriana sagara Signoretia greeni Sikkimasca annulata Tambila conspersa Tambila fletcheri Tambila greeni Tambila opulenta Tautoneura tripunctula Thagria brincki Thagria fasciata Thagria fryeri Thagria introducta Thagria luridus Thagria signata Thagria simulata Thagria srilankensis Thaia drutoidea Thaia lankaensis Thaia perfecta Thaia subrufa Thaia vulgaris Thamnotettix cicur Thamnotettix greeni Thamnotettix latruncularius Thomsoniella apicalis Tituria planata Trifida melichari Ujna delicatula Ujna exigua Ujna gagatina Uzeldikra citrina Uzelina laticeps Vulturnus ornatus Vulturnus speciosus Xestocephalus apicalis Xestocephalus guttulatus Xestocephalus paganurus Znana notata Zyginella insecata Zyginella pulchra Zyginella vietnamica Zyginopsis horizontalis Zyginopsis verticalis
Family: Cixiidae - cixiid planthoppers
Andes elongatus Andes geometrinus Andes meander Andes nubilus Brixia tortriciformis Cixius pilifer Eucarpia arcuigera Eucarpia fasciata Eucarpia insignis Indolipa greeni Kirbyana pagana Mundopa balteata Mundopa cingalensis Mundopa dohertyi Mundopa greeni Mundopa sita Oliarus cingalensis Oliarus distanti Oliarus nuwarae Oliarus stigma Oliarus tabrobanensis Oliparisca pundaloyensis
Family: Coccidae - soft scales
Ceronema fryeri Ceronema koebeli Ceroplastes actiniformis Ceroplastes destructor Ceroplastes dugesii Ceroplastes floridensis Ceroplastes pseudoceriferus Ceroplastes rubens Ceroplastes sinensis Coccus antidesmae Coccus asiaticus Coccus capparidis Coccus discrepans Coccus formicarii Coccus gymnospori Coccus hesperidum Coccus hesperidum Coccus illuppalamae Coccus latioperculatum Coccus litzeae Coccus longulus Coccus ophiorrhizae Coccus viridis Cribrolecanium formicarum Ctenochiton cinnamomi Ctenochiton fryeri Ctenochiton olivaceum Dicyphococcus castilloae Drepanococcus cajani Drepanococcus chiton Drepanococcus virescens Eucalymnatus tessellatus Inglisia chelonioides Kilifia acuminate Maacoccus arundinariae Maacoccus bicruciatus