genus
Melicharia Kirkaldy, 1900
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (2)
- Melicharia Kirkaldy, 1900d: 294.
type species by original designation Melicharia sinhalana Kirkaldy, 1900
- Melicharia Kirkaldy, 1900 (classified as Ormenisini Medler, 2001) in Medler, 2006a: 233.
Type
Melicharia sinhalana Kirkaldy, 1900 type species by original designation of Melicharia Kirkaldy, 1900
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
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)
- Kirkaldy, G.W. (1900d) Notes on some Sinhalese Rhynchota. Entomologist, 33, 293–295.
- Medler, J.T. (2006a) A review of the Sri Lankan Flatidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Oriental Insects, 40, 231–265.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 8 | 0 | 10 | 18 |