species

Pissonotus piceus (Van Duzee, 1894)

Megamelus piceus Van Duzee, 1894h: 8.
Lectotype; male; aac29ad0-b01c-4255-bc2a-7e83244daf82; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A.: Clarence, New York, 4.IX.1892, E.P. Van Duzee, Collector
Megamelus picus [sic] (Van Duzee, 1894) in Pettit, 1905a: 25.
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Delphacodes pictifrons Osborn, 1938 (subjective synonym of Megamelus piceus Van Duzee, 1894) in Bartlett & Deitz, 2000a: 107.
Dicranotropis bakeri Crawford, 1914 (subjective synonym of Megamelus piceus Van Duzee, 1894) in Bartlett & Deitz, 2000a: 107.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: pitch black

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.
Crawford, D.L. (1914) A contribution toward a monograph of the homopterous insects of the family Delphacidae of North and South America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 46(2041), 557–640.
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Pettit, R.H. (1905a) Insects of the garden. Bulletin of the Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, 233, 3–74.
Van Duzee, E.P. (1894h) "Descriptions of new species of Homoptera." In Davis, G.C. Celery insects. Bulletin of the Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, 102, 8–9 + pl. 1.

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