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Habitus, dorsal view on Anagonalia melichari (Distant, 1908): Habitus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Anagonalia melichari (Distant, 1908): Habitus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Anagonalia melichari (Distant, 1908): Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Anagonalia melichari (Distant, 1908): Subgenital plate. (Observation).
Stylus on Anagonalia melichari (Distant, 1908): Stylus. (Observation).
Connective on Anagonalia melichari (Distant, 1908): Connective. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Anagonalia melichari (Distant, 1908): Ovipositor. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (9)

  • Tettigonia rubromaculata Melichar, 1903b: 156.
  • Tettigonia rubromaculata Melichar, 1903 (primary homonym of Tettigonia rubromaculata Signoret, 1854)
  • Tettigoniella affinis Distant, 1908 (subjective synonym of Tettigoniella melichari Distant, 1908) in Young, 1986a: 341.
  • Anagonalia melichari (Distant, 1908) in Young, 1986a: 341.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Distant, W.L. (1908b) Rhynchotal notes. -- XLIV (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 2, 57–84.
  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • Melichar, L. (1903b) Homopteren-Fauna von Ceylon. In Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. pp. i-iv, 1-248. Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. iv + 248 pp. + 6 pls.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1965a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 1. Tettigellidae. Washington, D.C., USDA, II+730 pp.
  • Signoret, V.A. (1854) Revue iconographique des Tettigonides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (3 série), 1(4), 661–688 + pls. 21–22. [1853]
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1965c) Cicadelline types in the British Museum (Natural History) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 17(4), 163–199.
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1986a) Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Part 3. Old World Cicadellini. Technical Bulletin of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 281, 1–639.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of Leopold Melichar (1856–1924), an entomologist who specialized in Hemiptera, Moravian Museum (Czech Republic, Brno)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056