Malaxa, Melichar, 1914

Bartlett, Charles R. & Kennedy, Ashley C., 2018, A review of New World Malaxa (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae), Zootaxa 4441 (3), pp. 511-528 : 513

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.3.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D40D474F-A461-4F3C-967E-C833FFB342F3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6485104

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038ACF05-B343-FF93-FF1D-6FD1FA3C8AC3

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Plazi

scientific name

Malaxa
status

 

Key to genus for Malaxa View in CoL and related groups examined in this work (males)

1. Forewings apically pointed ( Figs. 2 View FIGURES 1–6 , 35 View FIGURES 35–37 ), arched on leading margin (giving wings a spatulate appearance); anal tube of male simple (not bearing processes; Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–6 ) and opening of male pygofer without processes; recorded from Philippines............................................................................................... Malaxa acutipennis

1’- Forewings apically rounded ( Figs. 36–37 View FIGURES 35–37 ), leading margin straight; anal tube of male either simple (e.g., Fig. 14 View FIGURES 7–14 ) or with 1–2 processes; opening of pygofer with processes of varying sorts (e.g., Figs. 13 View FIGURES 7–14 , 25, 27 View FIGURES 25–29 )............................... 2

2. Anal tube with 1–2 processes; opening of pygofer usually bearing two broad lamellate medioventral processes, between them a V-like emargination; recorded from China.......................................... Malaxa sensu Hou et al. 2013

2’- Anal tube simple ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 7–14 ); opening of pygofer either with a small midventral forked process ( Figs. 13 View FIGURES 7–14 , 25 View FIGURES 25–29 , 41 View FIGURES 38–42 ), or a broad, scoop-like projection plus a pair of lateral teeth ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 25–29 ); Neotropical........................................... 3

3. Antennae very long (exceeding mesonotum), segment I several times as long as broad ( Figs. 10, 12 View FIGURES 7–14 ); pygofer bearing a midventral forked process ( Figs. 13 View FIGURES 7–14 , 25 View FIGURES 25–29 , 41 View FIGURES 38–42 ); aedeagus caudally directed bearing poorly sclerotized terminal process ( Figs. 26 View FIGURES 25–29 , 38 View FIGURES 38–42 ); hind leg spinulation 5-7-5 or 5-6-5............................................................. Lamaxa n. g.

3’- Antennae shorter, not exceeding mesonotum, segment I about 2x as long as wide and approximately 1/3 length of segment II ( Figs. 19–20 View FIGURES 19–24 ); pygofer opening with broad, median scoop-like projection and pair of rounded lateral teeth ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 25–29 ); aedeagus robust and strongly downcurved ( Figs. 28 View FIGURES 25–29 , 39 View FIGURES 38–42 ); hind leg spinulation 5-6-4................................ Xalama n. g.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Delphacidae

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