The Menoscinae
[Melichar L (1915) Monographie der Lophopinen. ''Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. '' Budapest 13: 337-385 73] are a subfamily of planthoppers in the family
Lophopidae
Lophopidae is a family of fulgoroidea, fulgoroid plant-hoppers with most species found in tropical South America and Asia (two genera occur in Africa).
Characteristics
Most members of the family are characterized by the face being longer than wi ...
erected by
Leopold Melichar
Leopold Melichar (5 December 1856 – 2 September 1924) was a Moravian entomologist and physician who specialized in the taxonomy of the Cicadellidae, leafhoppers.
Melichar was born in Brno, Moravia and studied medicine in Prague before beginning ...
in 1915. Most genera are recorded from SE Asia through to Australia, but the single genus in tribe Carrioniini is
Neotropical
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Definition
In biogeogra ...
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Tribes and Genera
''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web''[Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Menoscinae Melichar, 1915 (retrieved 13 March 2022)]
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Acarnini
Auth.: Baker, 1925 (New Guinea
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, Australia)
# '' Acarna'' Stål, 1863
# '' Jugoda'' Melichar, 1915
# '' Kasserota'' Distant, 1906
# '' Maana'' Soulier-Perkins, 1998
# '' Magia'' Distant, 1907
# '' Megacarna'' Baker, 1925
# '' Meloenopia'' Metcalf, 1952
# '' Onycta'' Fennah, 1955
# ''Zophiuma
''Zophiuma''Fennah RG (1955) New and little-known Lophopidae and Issidae from Australasia (Homoptera : Fulgoroidea). ''Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London.'' 24(9-10): 165-173 70 is a genus of planthoppers in the tribe Acar ...
'' Fennah, 1955
Carrioniini
Auth.: Emeljanov, 2013 (Central & South America: monogeneric)
# '' Carrionia'' Muir, 1931
; Elasmoscelini
Auth.: Melichar, 1915 (Africa, Asia: Japan, Indo-China, Java: monogeneric)
# '' Elasmoscelis'' Spinola, 1839
Menoscini
Auth.: Melichar, 1915 (Indochina
Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...
, Malesia
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)
# ''Aluma
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History
The village was e ...
'' Distant, 1909
# ''Apia
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The Apia Urban A ...
'' Distant, 1909
# '' Bisma'' Distant, 1906
# '' Epiptyxis'' Gerstaecker, 1895
# '' Lapithasa'' Melichar, 1914
# ''Menosca
''Menosca'' is a genus of Asian planthoppers in the family Lophopidae and is the type genus of the subfamily Menoscinae and tribe Menoscini ; it was erected by Carl Stål in 1870.Stål C (1870) Hemiptera insularum Philippinarum. Bidrag till Phil ...
'' Stål, 1870
# '' Pseudocorethrura'' Melichar, 1915
# '' Pseudotyxis'' Soulier-Perkins, 1998
# '' Zeleja'' Melichar, 1915
Virgiliini
Auth.: Emeljanov, 2013 (New Guinea
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, Philippines)
# '' Buxtoniella'' Muir, 1927
# '' Clonaspe'' Fennah, 1955
# '' Makota'' Distant, 1909
# '' Painella'' Muir, 1931
# '' Venisiella'' Stroinski & Soulier-Perkins, 2015
# ''Virgilia
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Origins
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'' Stål, 1870
References
External links
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Hemiptera subfamilies
Lophopidae
Hemiptera of Asia
Hemiptera of Australia
Taxa described in 1915