Megamelodes

Megamelodes is a genus of mostly European planthoppers erected by W. J. Le Quesne in 1960.^[1] Some authorities place this genus as incertae sedis within the Delphacidae,^[2] or it is included in the tribe Delphacini.

Megamelodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Family:	Delphacidae
Subfamily:	Delphacinae
Tribe:	Delphacini
Genus:	Megamelodes Le Quesne, 1960

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The species M. quadrimaculatus can be found locally in marshy areas across the southern part of England and Wales.^[3]

Species

BioLib includes:^[4]

1. Megamelodes lequesnei Wagner, 1963
2. Megamelodes quadrimaculatus (Signoret, 1865) (synonym M. fieberi (Scott, 1870))
3. Megamelodes venosus (Germar, 1830)