Meloimorpha Walker, 1870
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.4.6 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2E351AA9-874B-4829-9745-768A737A9E80 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15837687 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BB8201-FFA5-5A08-5BA2-FE23FCD7FCD7 |
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Genus Meloimorpha Walker, 1870 View in CoL
Chinese name: ḛDzā
Meloimorpha Walker, 1870: 468 View in CoL ; Desutter-Grandcolas & Jaiswara, 2012: 6 View Cited Treatment
Type species: Meloimorpha cincticornis Walker, 1870 View in CoL
Diagnosis
Body size small to medium; eyes small and protruding, ocellus absent. Frontal rostrum narrow, about half the width of the scape of the antenna; the end section of the maxillary palpus curved and slightly widened at the end. Pronotum transversely broad with transverse grooves. Anterior margin of the forewings narrowed, and the posterior margin distinctly widened. The mirror larger, almost as wide as the forewing. Anterior tibiae with tympana; posterior femora slender; posterior tibiae with three inner dorsal spurs.
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Cacoplistinae |
Meloimorpha Walker, 1870
Wang, Ning, Xie, Can-Hong, Zhang, Tao & Ma, Li-Bin 2025 |