Spinola 1852a
Remes-Lenicov 1975a
McKamey 1998a
Deitz and Dietrich 1993a
Animalia → Arthropoda → Insecta → Pterygota → Hemiptera → Auchenorrhyncha → Cicadomorpha → Membracoidea → Melizoderidae → Melizoderinae → Melizoderini
Melizoderes Spinola, 1852
Synonyms (and unplaced invalid names)
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Melizoderes
1.Melizoderes
2.Melizoderes, female
3.Melizoderes, male
4.Melizoderes
5.Melizoderes, female
6.Melizoderes, female
7.Melizoderes, nymph
Distribution
Neotropical region: Chile and Argentina.
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Thorax
Pronotum weakly to strongly produced anterodorsally. Scutellum convex basally, keeled posteriorly, not elongate. (Deitz and Dietrich 1993a).
Wings
Forewing with veins R, M, and Cu diverging from one point or M briefly united with R or Cu; clavus uniformly taping to an acute apex. Hind wing with crossvein r-m; marginal vein well developed; vein M3+4 with weakened area basad of crossvein m-cu; wing apex with dense semicircular chaetoids. (Deitz and Dietrich 1993a)
Legs
Metathoracic tibia with 3 rows of small cucullate setae. (Deitz and Dietrich 1993a)
Abdomen
Lacking coarse punctation. (Deitz and Dietrich 1993a)
Male genitalia
Abdominal segment IX without lateral plates; aedeagal shaft very slender and elongate, with paired preapical and apical processes. (Deitz and Dietrich 1993a)
Female genitalia
Pygofer without posterior process; second valvulae broadened dorsoapically. (Deitz and Dietrich 1993a)
Immatures
Abdominal segment IX with ventromesal lobes free; anal orifice on venter, not visible in posterior view. (Deitz and Dietrich 1993a)
Prepared by
Christopher H. Dietrich, Lewis L. Deitz, and Mark J. Rothschild, 4 March 2014.
