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.

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genus1012
species6039