genus
Leomelicharia Muir, 1913
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (4)
- Leomelicharia Muir, 1913c: 65.
type species by original designation Leomelicharia rufovittata Muir, 1913
- Loemelicharia [sic] Muir, 1913c: 65.
- Loemelicharia [sic] Muir, 1913 (incorrect original spelling of Leomelicharia Muir, 1913) in Muir, 1913c: 65.
- Leomelicharia Muir, 1913 (classified as Sikaianini Muir, 1913) in Fennah, 1952b: 116.
Type
Leomelicharia rufovittata Muir, 1913 type species by original designation of Leomelicharia Muir, 1913
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
in honor of Leopold Melichar (1856–1924), an entomologist who specialized in Hemiptera, Moravian Museum (Czech Republic, Brno) + -ia (noun suffix)
Nomenclature references (2)
- Fennah, R.G. (1952b) On the generic classification of Derbidae (Fulgoroidea), with descriptions of new Neotropical species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 103(4), 109–170.
- Muir, F.A.G. (1913c) On some new species of leaf-hoppers. Part II. Derbidae. Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 12, 28–92.
Stats
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| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| species | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |