taxonID	type	description	language	source
03A1D95EFFE9FFB8FDF99690FF0DFDB3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Length: male = 2.88 mm, female = 3.58 mm. Yellow colored species. Head and vertex rounded. Frontoclypeus with a dark narrow (stylized) heart-shaped marking. Yellow saddle mark present. Aedeagus with pronounced distal processes, hooking laterally to almost 1 / 3 length of aedeagal arms.	en	Bennett, Michael D. Denis Gordon M. (2017): Description of Nesophrosyne melemele sp. n., an Endemic Hawaiian Leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) Associated with Myoporum sandwicense (Scrophulariaceae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 49: 47-50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190775
03A1D95EFFE9FFB8FDF99690FF0DFDB3.taxon	description	Description. Dorsum (Figure 1 A): Yellow colored species. Head rounded with vertex weakly produced. Pronotum predominately yellow with posterior edge light brown, extending 1 / 2 pronotal length and tapering towards lateral edges. Scutellum yellow; centrally split by diffuse dark vertical triangle that is variable in width and length; further subdivided by thin bowed dark horizontal line curving posteriorly. Forewing cells hyaline to infuscate, darkest forms with cells dark brown colored; veins darkly colored throughout; outer anteapical cell present. Clavus with diffuse yellow saddle mark with anterolateral margins fading to dark brown; yellow color broadening towards anterior claval edges. Venter (Figure 1 A): Face with clypellus yellow. Gena and lorum yellow. Antennal sockets yellow. Frontoclypeus broadly dark or brownish; vertex and edges pale, tapering towards posterior base creating a stylized heart-shaped mark on face. Thoracic plates dark. Legs pale. Ventral abdominal segments pale with infused dark bands along anterior edges. Genitalia (Figure 1 B – F): Pygofer bluntly rounded with posterior apex rising to near dorsal edge; dorsal edge flat; ventral lobe reduced with ventral edge angled towards apex; 7 macro setae irregularly distributed. Subgenital plate with dense setae distributed along its lateral edges. Aedeagus with paired aedeagal arms widely splayed, rising conspicuously higher than central apodeme; gonopore preapical; apical processes elongate, extending just above gonopore and hooking to approximately 1 / 3 length of aedeagal arms. Style with apophysis curved, widening at base; preapical lobe with flat lateral and posterior edges, appearing angular; articulating arm short and triangular; posterior appendages with microsetae. Connective close in length to styles with posterior edge notched; anterior arms bowed and widely splayed with ends hooking mesad.	en	Bennett, Michael D. Denis Gordon M. (2017): Description of Nesophrosyne melemele sp. n., an Endemic Hawaiian Leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) Associated with Myoporum sandwicense (Scrophulariaceae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 49: 47-50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190775
03A1D95EFFE9FFB8FDF99690FF0DFDB3.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Hawaiian Islands, Kauai, Polihale Beach. Elevation: 3 meters	en	Bennett, Michael D. Denis Gordon M. (2017): Description of Nesophrosyne melemele sp. n., an Endemic Hawaiian Leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) Associated with Myoporum sandwicense (Scrophulariaceae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 49: 47-50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190775
03A1D95EFFE9FFB8FDF99690FF0DFDB3.taxon	description	Measurements: Body: male (n = 7) = 2.89 mm (2.7 – 3.0 mm); female (n = 5) = 3.58 mm (3.2 – 4.0 mm). Genitalia: (n = 4): pygofer = 0.45 mm (0.44 – 0.45 mm); style = 0.34 mm (0.33 – 0.35 mm); connective = 0.27 mm (0.26 – 0.28 mm); aedeagus lateral length = 0.28 mm (0.27 – 0.30 mm); aedeagus posterior height = 0.26 mm (0.24 – 0.28 mm).	en	Bennett, Michael D. Denis Gordon M. (2017): Description of Nesophrosyne melemele sp. n., an Endemic Hawaiian Leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) Associated with Myoporum sandwicense (Scrophulariaceae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 49: 47-50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190775
03A1D95EFFE9FFB8FDF99690FF0DFDB3.taxon	materials_examined	Type material: Holotype: 1 male, Hawaiian Islands, Kauai, Polihale State Park. GPS: 22.29222222, 159.95972222. Elevation: 3 m. Collected on 5 - Jan- 2010. Host plant: Myoporum sandwicense. Coll. G. M. Bennett. Deposited at the University of Hawaii Insect Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Paratype material: 7 males and 5 females with the same locality information and collection date as the holotype material (see above). Additional material was also deposited in the University of Hawaii Insect Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.	en	Bennett, Michael D. Denis Gordon M. (2017): Description of Nesophrosyne melemele sp. n., an Endemic Hawaiian Leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) Associated with Myoporum sandwicense (Scrophulariaceae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 49: 47-50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190775
03A1D95EFFE9FFB8FDF99690FF0DFDB3.taxon	etymology	Etymology: Melemele is the Hawaiian word for yellow. It was chosen to describe the predominately yellow body coloration observed in male and females of this species. Notes: Host plant: Myoporum sandwicense. Previous work referred to this species under the provisional designation as “ N. sp. 126 ” (Bennett and O’Grady 2012).	en	Bennett, Michael D. Denis Gordon M. (2017): Description of Nesophrosyne melemele sp. n., an Endemic Hawaiian Leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) Associated with Myoporum sandwicense (Scrophulariaceae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 49: 47-50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190775
