Megamelus

Megamelus
Megamelus notula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
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

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

1. "Megamelus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
2. "Browse Megamelus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
3. "Megamelus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
4. "Megamelus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-23.

Further reading

• Nishida, Gordon M., ed. (2003). Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist (PDF). Bishop Museum Technical Report. 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. 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

• Media related to Megamelus at Wikimedia Commons