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 leafhoppers.
Melichar was born in Brno, Moravia and studied medicine in Prague before beginning practice in ...
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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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, Australia)
# '' Acarna'' Stål, 1863
# '' Jugoda'' Melichar, 1915
# '' Kasserota'' Distant, 1906
# '' Maana'' Soulier-Perkins, 1998
# ''Magia
''Magia''Distant WL (1907) Rhynchotal notes xli. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. London. (Ser. 7) 19: 277-295. is a genus of Australian planthoppers in the tribe Acarnini, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1907.
Species
''Fulgoromorpha ...
'' 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: monotypic)
# '' Carrionia'' Muir, 1931
Menoscini
Auth.: Melichar, 1915 ( Indochina, Malesia)
# ''Aluma
Aluma ( he, אֲלֻמָּה or , ''lit.'' Sheaf) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the southern coastal plain around three kilometers north-west of Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In it had a po ...
'' Distant, 1909
# '' Apia'' Distant, 1909
# '' Bisma'' Distant, 1906
# '' Epiptyxis'' Gerstaecker, 1895
# '' Lapithasa'' Melichar, 1914
# '' Menosca'' Stål, 1870
# '' Pseudocorethrura'' Melichar, 1915
# '' Pseudotyxis'' Soulier-Perkins, 1998
# '' Zeleja'' Melichar, 1915
Virgiliini
Auth.: Emeljanov, 2013 ( New Guinea, Philippines)
# '' Buxtoniella'' Muir, 1927
# '' Clonaspe'' Fennah, 1955
# '' Makota'' Distant, 1909
# '' Painella'' Muir, 1931
# '' Venisiella'' Stroinski & Soulier-Perkins, 2015
# '' Virgilia'' Stål, 1870
References
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Hemiptera subfamilies
Lophopidae
Hemiptera of Asia
Hemiptera of Australia