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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 elongatus

Species Neomegamelanus elongatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 elongatus (Neomegamelanus elongatus)
Explanation of Names
Neomegamelanus elongatus (Ball, 1905)
Identification
According to Andy Hamilton, "The species with the shortest head in the genus....Females are short-winged."
Range
e US; Bahamas(1)
Print References
Cummins, J.D., Wilson, S.W., Calvert, P.D., and Tsai, J.H. 1988. Neomegamelanus elongatus (Homoptera: Delphacidae): Descriptions of immatures. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 96: 260-265.
Internet References
Genus page - Univ. Delaware(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 23 September, 2011 - 2:19pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 September, 2017 - 10:27pm

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