Megamelodes
Megamelodes is a genus of mostly European planthoppers erected by W. J. Le Quesne in 1960.[1] Some authorities place this genus as incertae sedis within the Delphacidae,[2] or it is included in the tribe Delphacini.
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Hemiptera | 
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha | 
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha | 
| Family: | Delphacidae | 
| Subfamily: | Delphacinae | 
| Tribe: | Delphacini | 
| Genus: | Megamelodes Le Quesne, 1960  | 
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The species M. quadrimaculatus can be found locally in marshy areas across the southern part of England and Wales.[3]
Species
    
BioLib includes:[4]
- Megamelodes lequesnei Wagner, 1963
 - Megamelodes quadrimaculatus (Signoret, 1865) (synonym M. fieberi (Scott, 1870))
 - Megamelodes venosus (Germar, 1830)
 
References
    
- Le Quesne WJ (1960) Some modifications in the British list of Delphacidae (Hem.), including a new genus and a new species. The Entomologist. An illustrated Journal of Entomology. London 1-20.
 - FLOW: Genus Megamelodes Le Quesne, 1960
 - British Bugs: Megamelodes quadrimaculatus: Family: Delphacidae
 - BioLib.cz: Genus Megamelodes Le Quesne, 1960
 
External links
    
 Data related to Megamelodes at Wikispecies
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