genus
Megamelus Fieber, 1866
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (7)
- Megamelus Fieber, 1866b: 519.
type species by original monotypy Delphax notula Germar, 1830
- Megamellus [sic] Fieber, 1866 in Buckton, 1890a: 30.
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- Megamelas [sic] Fieber, 1866 in Brimley, 1938a: 102.
- Megamelas [sic] Fieber, 1866 (misspelling of Megamelus Fieber, 1866) in Brimley, 1938a: 102.
Type
Delphax notula Germar, 1830 type species by original monotypy of Megamelus Fieber, 1866
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: μέγας (large) + μέλος (part of body) (referring to the enlarged second segment of the antenna)
Nomenclature references (4)
- Brimley, C.S. (1938a) Order Homoptera. In The Insects of North Carolina. Being a List of the Insects of North Carolina and Their Close Relatives. Division of Entomology, North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Raleigh. pp. 85–103. [560 pp.]
- Buckton, G.B. (1890a) Monograph of the British Cicadae, or Tettigiidae, illustrated by more than four hundred coloured drawings. Macmillan. London, Vol. 1, Issue I, pp. i-xvi + 1–32 + pls. A, B, i-x.
- Fieber, F.X. (1866b) Grundzüge zur generischen Theilung der Delphacini. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 16, 517–534 + pl. VIII.
- Whittaker, O. (1908a) A preliminary catalogue of the Hemiptera-Homoptera of Lancashire and Cheshire. Ann. Rept. Lancashire and Cheshire Entomol. Soc., 1908, 19–22.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| species | 31 | 0 | 29 | 60 |