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Pharsalus
''Pharsalus''Melichar L (1906) ''Monographie der Issiden. (Homoptera). Abhandlungen der K. K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.'' Wien 3: 1-327 21 is the type genus of planthoppers in the subfamily Pharsalinae (family Ricaniidae); it was erected by Leopold Melichar in 1906. It appears to be monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ... containing the single species ''Pharsalus repandus'' Melichar, 1906. References External links * Ricaniidae {{Fulgoromorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharsalinae
Ricaniidae is a family of planthopper insects, containing over 400 species worldwide. The highest diversity is in tropical Africa and Asia and in Australia, with a few species occurring in the Palearctic and Neotropical realms. It is one of the smaller families in the planthopper superfamily Fulgoroidea.Xu, Chang-Qing; Liang, Ai-Ping & Jiang. Guo-Mei (2007): The genus ''Euricania'' Melichar (Homoptera: Ricaniidae) from China. ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology'' 54 (1): 1–10PDF fulltext/ref> Subfamilies and Genera As of 2022, ''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web'' includes: Pharsalinae Auth.: Gnezdilov, 2009 (Neotropical - all presently monotypic) # ''Pharsalus'' Melichar, 1906 # '' Ricamela'' Gnezdilov, 2019 # '' Silvanana'' Metcalf, 1947 Ricaniinae Auth.: Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 # '' Acroprivesa'' Schmidt, 1912 # ''Alisca'' Stål, 1870 # '' Aliscella'' Fennah, 1969 # '' Apachnas'' Distant, 1909 # '' Aprivesa'' Melichar, 1923 # '' Armacia'' Stål, 1862 # '' Armilustrium (plant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricaniidae
Ricaniidae is a family of planthopper insects, containing over 400 species worldwide. The highest diversity is in tropical Africa and Asia and in Australia, with a few species occurring in the Palearctic and Neotropical realms. It is one of the smaller families in the planthopper superfamily Fulgoroidea.Xu, Chang-Qing; Liang, Ai-Ping & Jiang. Guo-Mei (2007): The genus ''Euricania'' Melichar (Homoptera: Ricaniidae) from China. ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology'' 54 (1): 1–10PDF fulltext/ref> Subfamilies and Genera As of 2022, ''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web'' includes: Pharsalinae Auth.: Gnezdilov, 2009 (Neotropical - all presently monotypic) # ''Pharsalus'' Melichar, 1906 # '' Ricamela'' Gnezdilov, 2019 # '' Silvanana'' Metcalf, 1947 Ricaniinae Auth.: Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 # '' Acroprivesa'' Schmidt, 1912 # ''Alisca'' Stål, 1870 # '' Aliscella'' Fennah, 1969 # '' Apachnas'' Distant, 1909 # '' Aprivesa'' Melichar, 1923 # '' Armacia'' Stål, 1862 # '' Armilustrium (plant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planthopper
A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment and that they often "hop" for quick transportation in a similar way to that of grasshoppers. However, planthoppers generally walk very slowly. Distributed worldwide, all members of this group are plant-feeders, though surprisingly few are considered pests. The infraorder contains only a single superfamily, Fulgoroidea. Fulgoroids are most reliably distinguished from the other Auchenorrhyncha by two features; the bifurcate ("Y"-shaped) anal vein in the forewing, and the thickened, three-segmented antennae, with a generally round or egg-shaped second segment (pedicel) that bears a fine filamentous arista. Overview Planthoppers are laterally flattened and hold their broad wings vertically, in a tent-like fashion, concealing the sides of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Melichar
Leopold Melichar (5 December 1856 – 2 September 1924) was a Moravian entomologist and physician who specialized in the taxonomy of the leafhoppers. Melichar was born in Brno, Moravia and studied medicine in Prague before beginning practice in Vienna from 1888. He became an official in the ministry of health and in his spare time he took an interest in insects. Through the influence of Ladislav Duda he began to specialize in the leafhoppers, examining the collections of Uzel from Sri Lanka. Melichar returned to live in Brno in 1912 and during World War I he headed the local Red Cross Hospital. Melichar also collected in North Africa, Spain and around the Mediterranean and his collections were bequeathed to the Moravian Museum. Most of the taxa described by Melichar were based on external morphology and did not involve examination of the genitalia. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Melichar, Leopold Czech entomologists 1856 births 1924 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type Genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal family-group taxon is a nominal genus called the 'type genus'; the family-group name is based upon that of the type genus." Any family-group name must have a type genus (and any genus-group name must have a type species, but any species-group name may, but need not, have one or more type specimens). The type genus for a family-group name is also the genus that provided the stem to which was added the ending -idae (for families). :Example: The family name Formicidae has as its type genus the genus ''Formica'' Linnaeus, 1758. Botanical nomenclature In botanical nomenclature, the phrase "type genus" is used, unofficially, as a term of convenience. In the '' ICN'' this phrase has no status. The code uses type specimens for ranks up to fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispecific" or "monospecific" is sometimes preferred. In botanical nomenclature, a monotypic genus is a genus in the special case where a genus and a single species are simultaneously described. In contrast, an oligotypic taxon contains more than one but only a very few subordinate taxa. Examples Just as the term ''monotypic'' is used to describe a taxon including only one subdivision, the contained taxon can also be referred to as monotypic within the higher-level taxon, e.g. a genus monotypic within a family. Some examples of monotypic groups are: Plants * In the order Amborellales, there is only one family, Amborellaceae and there is only one genus, '' Amborella'', and in this genus there is only one species, namely ''Amborella trichopoda. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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