World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
genus

Melillaia Linnavuori, 1971

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Melillaia Linnavuori, 1971: Melillaia desbrochersi, dorsal habitus (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Melillaia Linnavuori, 1971: Melillaia desbrochersi, dorsal habitus (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Melillaia Linnavuori, 1971: Melillaia desbrochersi, lateral habitus (BMNH). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Melillaia Linnavuori, 1971a: 60.

    type species by original designation Thamnotettix desbrochersi Lethierry, 1889

  • Pseudaraldus Bonfils, 1981a: 304.

    type species by original designation Pseudaraldus giustinai Bonfils, 1981

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  • Pseudaraldus Bonfils, 1981 (classified as Athysanini Van Duzee, 1892) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 44.
  • Melillaia Linnavuori, 1971 (incertae sedis in Deltocephali Fieber, 1869) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 36.

Type

Thamnotettix desbrochersi Lethierry, 1889 type species by original designation of Melillaia Linnavuori, 1971

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

from Melilla (Spain) + -ia (noun suffix)

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Bonfils, J. (1981a) Description d’especes nouvelle de Cicadellidae recoltees dans le midi de la France et en Corse (Hom.). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 86(9&10), 298–307.
  • Della Giustina, W. & Remane, R. (2001a) Compléments à la faune de France des Auchenorrhyncha: espèces et données additionnelles; modifications à l’ouvrage de Nast (1987) (Homoptera). [Contribution to the knowledge of the French Auchenorrhyncha fauna: new species, additional data and modifications to the text by Nast (1987) (Homoptera)]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 106(3), 283–302.
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  • 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.]
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1971a) A leafhopper material from Tunisia, with remarks on some species of the adjacent countries. Annales de la Société entomologique de France, (Nouvelle série), 7(1), 57–73.
  • Oman, P.W., Knight, W.J. & Nielson, M.W. (1990a) Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae): a bibliography, generic check-list and index to the world literature 1956-1985. CAB International Institute of Entomology, Wallingford, UK. (iv) + 368 pp.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1892d) A synoptical arrangement of the genera of the North American Jassidae, with descriptions of some new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 19, 295–307.
  • Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45
  • Zahniser, J.N., Dietrich, C.H., Cao, Y.-H., Dmitriev, D.A. & Pinedo-Escatel, J.A. (2026) New tribal placements, reinstatements and synonymies in the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1035, 1–51. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1035.3171

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1012
species10910