Oryxa
Genus of planthoppers
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Oryxa is a genus of planthoppers in the hemipteran family Flatidae. They live on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, and in Malaysia.
| Oryxa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web[4] includes:
- Oryxa carinulata (Schmidt, 1904)
- Oryxa extendens Melichar, 1902
- Oryxa melichari Kirkaldy, 1913
