Waorania is the only genus of issid planthopper in the subtribe Waoraniina.[1][2] The first two species in the genus were discovered in the forests of Ecuador.[3]

Waorania
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Issidae
Subfamily: Thioniinae
Tribe: Thioniini
Subtribe: Waoraniina
Gnezdilov & Bartlett, 2018
Genus: Waorania
Gnezdilov & Bartlett, 2018

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References

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  1. ^ "Waorania". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  2. ^ "Planthoppers: FLOW Website". flow.hemiptera-databases.org. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  3. ^ Gnezdilov, Vladimir M.; Bartlett, Charles R. (2018-03-15). "A New Genus and Two New Species of the Family Issidae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) from Amazonian Ecuador". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 120 (1): 62. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.120.1.62. ISSN 0013-8797.