Megamelus
| Megamelus | |
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| Megamelus notula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Delphacidae |
| Tribe: | Delphacini |
| Genus: | Megamelus Fieber, 1866 |
Megamelus is a genus of delphacid planthoppers in the family Delphacidae. There are at least 30 described species in Megamelus.[1][2][3][4]
Species[edit]
These 37 species belong to the genus Megamelus:
- Megamelus aestus Metcalf, 1923 i c g
- Megamelus bellicus Remes Lenicov and Sosa in Sosa, Remes Lenicov and Mariani, 2007 i c g
- Megamelus bifidus Beamer, 1955 i c g
- Megamelus bifurcatus Crawford, 1914 i c g
- Megamelus coronus Beamer, 1955 i c g
- Megamelus davisi Van Duzee, 1897 i c g b
- Megamelus discrepans Haupt, 1930 i c g
- Megamelus distinctus Metcalf, 1923 i c g b
- Megamelus electrae Muir, 1926 i c g
- Megamelus falcatus Beamer, 1955 i c g
- Megamelus flavus Crawford, 1914 i c g
- Megamelus gracilis Beamer, 1955 i c g b
- Megamelus hamatus Beamer, 1955 i c g
- Megamelus inflatus Metcalf, 1923 i c g
- Megamelus iphigeniae Muir, 1926 i c g
- Megamelus kahus (Kirkaldy, 1907) c g
- Megamelus leimonias (Kirkaldy, 1907) i c g
- Megamelus leptus Fieber, 1878 i c g
- Megamelus lobatus Beamer, 1955 i c g
- Megamelus longicornis (Dozier, 1922) i c g
- Megamelus lunatus Beamer, 1955 i c g b
- Megamelus metzaria Crawford, 1914 i c g b
- Megamelus notula (Germar, 1830) i
- Megamelus notulus (Germar, 1830) c g
- Megamelus palaetus (Van Duzee, 1897) i c g b
- Megamelus paludicola Lindberg, 1937 c g
- Megamelus piceus Van Duzee, 1894 g
- Megamelus quadrimaculatus (Signoret, 1865) c g
- Megamelus recurvatus Beamer, 1955 i c g
- Megamelus scutellaris Berg, 1883 i c g
- Megamelus spartini Osborn, 1905 c g
- Megamelus sponsa Kirkaldy, 1907 i c g
- Megamelus timehri Muir, 1919 i c g
- Megamelus toddi Beamer, 1955 i c g
- Megamelus trifidus Beamer, 1955 i c g
- Megamelus ungulatus Beamer, 1955 i c g
- Megamelus venosus (Germar, 1830) c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Megamelus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
- ^ a b "Browse Megamelus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
- ^ a b "Megamelus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
- ^ a b "Megamelus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
Further reading[edit]
- Nishida, Gordon M., ed. (2003). Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist (PDF). Bishop Museum Technical Report. Vol. 22 (4 ed.). Bishop Museum. ISSN 1085-455X.
- Beamer, R. H. (1955). "A revision of the genus Megamelus in America north of Mexico (Homoptera, Fulgoridae, Delphacinae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 28 (1): 29–46. JSTOR 25082131.
- Scudder, G. G. E. (1964). "Studies on the Canadian and Alaskan Fulgoromorpha (Hemiptera). II. The genus Megamelus Fieber (Delphacidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 96 (6): 813–820. doi:10.4039/Ent96813-6.
- Beamer, R. H. (1951). "A new genus and two new species of Delphacine Fulgorids". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 44 (2): 198–200. doi:10.1093/aesa/44.2.198.
- Ding, Jinhua (2006). Homoptera Delphacidae. Fauna Sinica Insecta. Vol. 45. Science Press. ISBN 978-7-03-016876-4.
- Kennedy, Ashley C.; Bartlett, Charles R.; Wilson, Stephen W. (2012). "An annotated checklist of the delphacid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) of Florida with the description of three new species and the new genus, Meristopsis". The Florida Entomologist. 95 (2): 395–421. doi:10.1653/024.095.0223. JSTOR 23268562.
External links[edit]
Media related to Megamelus at Wikimedia Commons
