genus

Nisia Melichar, 1903

Nisia Melichar, 1903b: 53.
type species by original monotypy Meenoplus atrovenosus Lethierry, 1888
Nissia [sic] Melichar, 1903 in Shiraki, 1913a: 156.
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Nisi [sic] Melichar, 1903 (misspelling of Nisia Melichar, 1903) in Muir, 1918d: 243.
Nisia Melichar, 1903 (classified as Kermesiinae Kirkaldy, 1906) in Deng, Stroiński, Szwedo, Ghanavi, Yapar, Franco, Prus-Frankowska, Michalik, Wahlberg & Łukasik, 2024: 509.

Meenoplus atrovenosus Lethierry, 1888 type species by original monotypy of Nisia Melichar, 1903

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

from Nias (Indonesia) + -ia (noun suffix)

Deng, J.-C., Stroiński, A., Szwedo, J., Ghanavi, H.R., Yapar, E., Franco, D.C., Prus-Frankowska, M., Michalik, A., Wahlberg, N. & Łukasik, P. (2024) Phylogenomic insights into the relationship and the evolutionary history of planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). Systematic Entomology, 50, 495–518. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12666
Melichar, L. (1903b) Homopteren-Fauna von Ceylon. In Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. pp. i-iv, 1-248. Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. iv + 248 pp. + 6 pls.
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Muir, F.A.G. (1918d) Notes on the Derbidae in the British Musuem collection. – II. Derbinae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 54, 228–243.
Shiraki, T. (1913a) [Investigations upon general insect pests.]. Special Report of the Formosa Agricultural Experiment Station., 8, 1–670.