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Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Paramelia Evans, 1954: Paramelia typica, dorsal habitus (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Paramelia Evans, 1954: Paramelia typica, dorsal habitus (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Paramelia Evans, 1954: Paramelia typica, lateral habitus (BMNH). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Paramelia Evans, 1954a: 124.

    type species by original designation Paramelia typica Evans, 1954

  • Paramelia Evans, 1954 (classified as Platymetopiinae Haupt, 1929) in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 239.
  • Paramelia Evans, 1954 (classified as Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 152.
  • Paramelia Evans, 1954 (incertae sedis in Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 26.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Evans, J.W. (1954a) Les Cicadellidae de Madagascar (Homopteres). Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Série E Entomologie, 4, 87–137.
  • 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.
  • 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

Type

type species by original designation of

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: παρά (near) + μέλι (honey) + -ία (noun suffix)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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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
genus1001
species2002