Oryxa is a genus of planthoppers in the hemipteran family Flatidae. They live on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, and in Malaysia.
| Oryxa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Flatidae |
| Tribe: | Flatini |
| Genus: | Oryxa Melichar, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| 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]
Species edit
Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web[4] includes:
- Oryxa carinulata (Schmidt, 1904)
- Oryxa extendens Melichar, 1902
- Oryxa melichari Kirkaldy, 1913
References edit
- ^ 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. doi:10.1080/00305316.1996.10433829.
- ^ Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Genus Oryxa Melichar, 1901 (retrieved 5 August 2022)
External links edit
- "Oryxa" at the Encyclopedia of Life
