Melanorhopala

Melanorhopala
Lacebug melanorhopala clavata (Tingidae); one of approximately five species of melanorhopala
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Tingidae
Subfamily:	Tinginae
Tribe:	Tingini
Genus:	Melanorhopala Stål, 1873

Melanorhopala is a genus of lace bugs in the family Tingidae. There are about five described species in Melanorhopala. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These five species belong to the genus Melanorhopala:

• Melanorhopala balli Drake, 1928
• Melanorhopala clavata (Stål, 1873)
• Melanorhopala froeschneri Henry & Wheeler, 1986
• Melanorhopala infuscat Parshley, 1917
• Melanorhopala infuscata Parshley, 1917

References

1. "Melanorhopala Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Melanorhopala". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Melanorhopala genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Drake, Carl J.; Ruhoff, Florence A. (1965). "Lacebugs of the World: A Catalog (Hemiptera: Tingidae)". United States National Museum Bulletin (243): 1–634. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.243.1. hdl:10088/10084.
• Froeschner, Richard C. (1995). "Review of the New World lace bug genera Acanthocheila Stål and Carvalhotingis new genus (Heteroptera: Tingidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 97 (2): 331–339. ISSN   0013-8797.
• Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN   978-90-71912-15-3.
• Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology. 34 (1): 15–48. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.498.8756 . doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x.