Malaxa Melichar, 1914

Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Yang, Lin, Zhang, Yu-Bo & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2025, Two new species of the genus Malaxa Melichar, 1914 from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae, Tropidocephalini), ZooKeys 1229, pp. 275-287 : 275-287

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1229.143177

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D1C1F5A9-2DE6-434E-B633-4530EDD23313

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14947360

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C0792920-7DFF-5D89-B47E-5781E963BDF7

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scientific name

Malaxa Melichar, 1914
status

 

Malaxa Melichar, 1914 View in CoL

Malaxa Melichar, 1914: 275; Muir 1926: 7; Metcalf 1943: 103; Fennah 1945: 429; Yang and Yang 1986: 56; Ding et al. 1986: 418, 1999: 443; Chen et al. 2006: 160; Ding 2006: 150; Bartlett 2009: 387; Hou et al. 2013: 866; Bartlett and Kennedy 2018: 514; Li et al. 2019: 44. View in CoL

Type species.

Malaxa acutipennis Melichar, 1914 , original designation.

Diagnosis. For the diagnosis of Malaxa see Hou et al. (2013: 866) and Li et al. (2019: 44).

Host plants.

Bamboo ( Poales : Poaceae : Bambusoideae).

Distribution.

China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 ).

Checklist and distributions of species of Malaxa Melichar, 1914

M. acutipennis Melichar, 1914 ; Philippines (Luzón)

M. bispinata Muir, 1926 ; Indonesia (Mentawai), China (Hainan)

M. chongzuoensis Lv & Chen , sp. nov.; China (Guangxi)

M. delicata Ding & Yang, 1986 ; China (Fujian, Guizhou, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang)

M. fusca Yang & Yang, 1986 ; China (Taiwan)

M. hamuliferum Li, Yang & Chen, 2019 ; China (Yunnan)

M. hunanensis Chen, 2006 ; China (Hunan)

M. javanensis Muir, 1919 ; Indonesia (Java)

M. longispina Lv & Chen , sp. nov.; China (Guangdong)

M. nigra Muir, 1919 ; Philippines (Luzón)

M. obtusipennis Muir, 1919 ; Malaysia (Borneo)

M. semifusca Yang & Yang, 1986 ; China (Guizhou, Taiwan)

M. tricuspis Li, Yang & Chen, 2019 ; China (Hainan)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Delphacidae

Loc

Malaxa Melichar, 1914

Lv, Sha-Sha, Li, Hong-Xing, Yang, Lin, Zhang, Yu-Bo & Chen, Xiang-Sheng 2025
2025
Loc

Malaxa

Li HX & Yang L & Chen XS 2019: 44
Bartlett CR & Kennedy AC 2018: 514
Hou XH & Yang L & Chen XS 2013: 866
Bartlett CR 2009: 387
Chen XS & Li XF & Liang AP & Yang L 2006: 160
Ding JH 2006: 150
Ding JH & Zhuo WX & Huang BK 1999: 443
Yang JT & Yang CT 1986: 56
Ding JH & Yang LF & Hu CL 1986: 418
Fennah RG 1945: 429
Metcalf ZP 1943: 103
Muir FAG 1926: 7
Melichar L 1914: 275
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