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Genus Megamelus

Planthopper nymph - Megamelus davisi Bug--nymphs? - Megamelus davisi Megamelus - Megamelus davisi - female some kind of leafhopper? - Megamelus Unknown July 5 - Megamelus palaetus sp3 - Megamelus flavus - male sp1 - Megamelus hamatus - male sp4 - Megamelus davisi - male
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 Megamelus
Explanation of Names
Megamelus Fieber 1866
Numbers
19 spp. in our area, ~30 total(1)
Identification
strongly produced head is much narrower than the thorax (K.G.A. Hamilton)
Range
Holarctic and Neotropical
Remarks
M. scutellaris is used as biocontrol of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes
Adults brachypterous or macropterous
Nymph
Print References
(2)(3)
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
2.A Revision of the Genus Megamelus in America North of Mexico (Homoptera, Fulgoridae, Delphacinae)
R. H. Beamer. 1955. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 29-40.
3.A Revision of the Genus Megamelus in America North of Mexico (Homoptera, Fulgoridae, Delphacinae) (Concluded)
R. H. Beamer. 1955. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 41-46.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 January, 2005 - 11:48pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 September, 2023 - 3:12pm

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