species

Pissonotus melanurus Van Duzee, 1917

Descendants and synonyms

Pissonotus delicatus var. melanurus Van Duzee, 1917a: 311.
Holotype; male; #378; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); U.S.A.: San Joaquin Co., California, 30-31.V.1917, W.M. Giffard Collector
Pissonotus (Pissonotus) delicatus melanurus Van Duzee, 1917 in Morgan & Beamer, 1949b: 135.

Bartlett, C.R. & Deitz, L.L. (2000a) Revision of the New World delphacid planthopper genus Pissonotus (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea). Thomas Say Publications in Entomology. Monographs. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland, 234 pp.
Morgan, L.W. & Beamer, R.H. (1949b) A revision of three genera of Delphacine fulgorids from America north of Mexico (Homoptera-Fulgoridae-Delphacinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 22(4), 121–142.

Van Duzee, E.P. (1917a) Report upon a collection of Hemiptera made by Walter M. Giffard in 1916 and 1917, chiefly in California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 7(4), 249–318.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: μέλας (black) + ουρά (tail)

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
species	1	0	2	3