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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Delphacoidea » Delphacid Planthoppers (Delphacidae) » Delphacinae » Delphacini » Neomegamelanus » Neomegamelanus lautus

Species Neomegamelanus lautus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Planthopper - Neomegamelanus lautus Planthopper - Neomegamelanus lautus Delphacid - Neomegamelanus lautus Neomegamelanus lautus Neomegamelanus lautus Neomegamelanus lautus - female Neomegamelanus lautus - female Neomegamelanus lautus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Delphacoidea
Family Delphacidae (Delphacid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Delphacinae
Tribe Delphacini
Genus Neomegamelanus
Species lautus (Neomegamelanus lautus)
Explanation of Names
Megamelanus lautus Metcalf, 1923
lautus (L). 'elegant, noble' (1)
Identification
The head is as long as the eye. Males are mottled black, females are pale.
Head about twice as long as wide at base; upper hind corner of anal segment produced into a lobe; a single pair of curved fang-like processes arising from about the middle of the hind margin(2)
Range
coastal TX to e. Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Habitat
coastal salt marshes (see host)
Food
host is cordgrass; Spartina spp.
Internet References
Genus page - Univ. Delaware(2)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 4 August, 2011 - 10:44am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Graham M
Last updated 21 February, 2023 - 10:41am

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