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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
species

Megamelus leimonias (Kirkaldy, 1907)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Delphax leimonias Kirkaldy, 1907d: 159.

    Holotype; female; f5f716eb-d0c1-4bde-b07a-32e6df9d3ba6; deposited at: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM); Australia, Queensland: Cairns, August 1904

  • Megamelus leimonias (Kirkaldy, 1907) in Muir, 1917d: 328.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Leimoniads, or Leimakids: in Greek Mythology were nymphs of meadows

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1907d) Leaf-Hoppers - Supplement (Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 3, 1–186, i-iii, pls. 1–20.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1917d) Homopterous notes. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 3, 311–338.

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
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