Genus Megamelus Fieber, 1866

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• Megamelus Fieber, F.X. 1866. Grundzüge zur generischen Theilung der Delphacini. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16: 517-534 [519].

  Type species:

   Delphax notulus Germar, 1830 by monotypy.

Introduction

This is one of the Palaearctic genera created by Fieber (1866) which is probably not truly represented in the Australian fauna. Six Australian species were listed in the genus by Metcalf (1943) and all but one, M. leimonias (Kirkaldy), have been transferred to other genera by subsequent authors. Zimmerman (1948) suggested that M. leimonias should be in Tarophagus Zimmerman but no formal transfer was made. Megamelus was not included in the key to Australian genera provided by Fennah (1965) who also made no mention of M. leimonias.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Since Megamelus is almost certainly irrelevant to the Australian fauna, no diagnosis is provided here.

General References

Fennah, R.G. 1965. Delphacidae from Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 17(1): 1-59

Metcalf, Z.P. 1943. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV, Fulgoroidea. Part 3, Araeopidae (Delphacidae). Raleigh N.C. : North Carolina State College 552 pp. [208]

Zimmerman, E.C. 1948. The Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 4, Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 268 pp. [245–246]

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