Oryxa
Oryxa is a genus of insects in the hemipteran family Flatidae. They live on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, and in Malaysia.
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| Genus: | Oryxa Melichar, 1902 |
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| Oryxa truncata Melichar, 1902 (= Oryxa melichari Kirkcaldy, 1913) | |
The genus was established in 1902 by Leopold Melichar in his monograph of the families Acanaloniidae and Flatidae.[1][2] Melichar designated Carl Linnaeus' O. truncata to be the type species of his new genus, but Melichar's specimens were not of the species described by Linnaeus. A replacement name of Oryxa melichari was therefore chosen for Melichar's species; the status of Linnaeus' species remains unclear.[3]
References
- L. Melichar (1901). "Monographie der Acanaloniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera)" [Monograph of Acanaloniidae and Flatidae (Homoptera)]. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 16: 178–258.
- L. Melichar (1902). "Monographie der Acanaloniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera) (Fortsetzung)" [Monograph of Acanaloniidae and Flatidae (Homoptera) (continued)]. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 17: 1–253.
- John T. Medler (1996). "Flatidae of Borneo, with descriptions of new genera and species (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea)" (PDF). Oriental Insects. 30: 11–96.
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