Melanoliarus


Melanoliarus is a genus of cixiid planthoppers in the family Cixiidae. There are at about 50 described species in Melanoliarus, which are common and widespread in the Nearctic and Neotropics.
The genus Melanoliarus was originally described as a subgenus of Oliarus, which had worldwide distribution. It was determined in 2001 and 2002 that species of Oliarus in the new world belonged in Melanoliarus, which was elevated to genus rank and included most of the new world species of Oliarus.

Species

These 50 species belong to the genus Melanoliarus:Melanoliarus acicus c gMelanoliarus altanatus c gMelanoliarus altanus c gMelanoliarus apache c gMelanoliarus aridus c g bMelanoliarus arizonensis c gMelanoliarus bispinus c gMelanoliarus caldwelli c gMelanoliarus californicus cMelanoliarus canyonensis c gMelanoliarus catus c gMelanoliarus chuliotus c gMelanoliarus coconinus c gMelanoliarus complectus c gMelanoliarus concinnulus c gMelanoliarus corvinus c gMelanoliarus deserticola Campodonico, 2018 gMelanoliarus difficilis c gMelanoliarus dondonius c gMelanoliarus ecologus c gMelanoliarus eximus c gMelanoliarus forcipatus c gMelanoliarus franciscanus c gMelanoliarus hesperius cMelanoliarus humilis c g bMelanoliarus kieferi c gMelanoliarus knullorum c gMelanoliarus littoralis c gMelanoliarus lobatus c gMelanoliarus maidis Fennah, 1945 c gMelanoliarus montanus c gMelanoliarus papagonus c gMelanoliarus pima c gMelanoliarus placitus Van Duzee, 1912 c g bMelanoliarus pygmaeus c gMelanoliarus quinquelineatus c gMelanoliarus retentus c gMelanoliarus sablenis c gMelanoliarus sementinus c gMelanoliarus slossonae c gMelanoliarus sonoitus c gMelanoliarus sylvaticus c gMelanoliarus texanus cMelanoliarus teximus c gMelanoliarus truncatus cMelanoliarus uncatus c gMelanoliarus vicarius c g bMelanoliarus viequensis c gMelanoliarus yavapanus c gMelanoliarus zyxus c g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net