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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Lace Bugs (Tingidae) » Tinginae » Tingini » Melanorhopala

Genus Melanorhopala

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Melanorhopala clavata Genus Melanorhopala maybe? - Melanorhopala clavata Heteropteran - Melanorhopala clavata Tingidae, dorsal - Melanorhopala clavata - female Tingidae, dorsalX - Melanorhopala clavata - female Tngidae and fruit/seed sheath - Melanorhopala clavata Tingidae, lateral - Melanorhopala clavata Melanorhopala clavata I presume ? - Melanorhopala clavata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Superfamily Miroidea
Family Tingidae (Lace Bugs)
Subfamily Tinginae
Tribe Tingini
Genus Melanorhopala
Explanation of Names
Melanorhopala Stål 1873
Numbers
4 spp., all in our area(1)(2)
not yet in the guide: M. froeschneri se.US (VA‒GA to MO‒AR‒MS) • M. balli CO
Identification
key to species in (3)
Range
Canada & the US; transcontinental(1)(4)
Works Cited
1.Guilbert E. (2013) Lace bugs database
2.Redescription and hosts of Melanorhopala infuscata Parshley, with notes and new distribution records for M. froeschneri...
Henry T.J., Wheeler A.L. 2006. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 108: 917‒922.
3.Melanorhopala froeschneri (Heteroptera: Tingidae): A new lace bug from eastern United States, with notes on host plant...
Henry T.J., Wheeler A.G. 1986. J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 94: 235‒244.
4.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 14 April, 2010 - 8:36pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 December, 2023 - 5:45pm

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