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Ricania cervina

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Ricania cervina is a species in the family Ricaniidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 9 countries, including Cameroon, Congo - Brazzaville and Congo - Kinshasa.

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Quick facts about Ricania cervina

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
9 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Ricania cervina live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Ricania cervina is listed for 9 countries.

Dem. Rep. CongoNigeriaCameroonTogoGhanaGuineaLiberiaSierra LeoneCongo
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Cameroon
  2. Congo - Brazzaville
  3. Congo - Kinshasa
  4. Ghana
  5. Guinea
  6. Liberia
  7. Nigeria
  8. Sierra Leone
  9. Togo

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Ricania cervina endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Ricania cervina classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyRicaniidae
  6. genusRicania
  7. SpeciesRicania cervina Melichar, 1898

Synonyms Ricania cervina, Ricania cervina mediana, Ricania media, Ricania mediana

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ricania cervina

Other species in the same genus Ricania.

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Common questions

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Where does Ricania cervina live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Ricania cervina for 9 countries, including Cameroon, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Ghana and Guinea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Ricania cervina?

Ricania cervina (Ricania cervina) belongs to the family Ricaniidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{ricania_cervina_2026,
  title = {Ricania cervina (Ricania cervina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ricania-cervina},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}