52 General Catalogue of the Hemiptera 
Megadictya— Melicharoptera 
Genus MEGADICTYA Melichar 
Orthotype Megadictya mullispinosa [n. sp.] 1912 Melrchar, Abh. Zool. 
Bot. Ges. Wien 7 (1): 64. 
Megadictya 1912 Melichar, Abh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien 7 (1) : 64. [gen. n.] :31. [Key.] :66, 77. 
[Comparative notes.] :215. [Listed.] 
1931 Schulze, Kiikenthal and Heider, Nomenclator Animalium. 3 (15):[Listed.] 
1938 Metcalf, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard Coll. 82: 335. [Key.] 
1940 Neave, Nomenclator Zoologicus. 3: 67. [Listed.] 
1944 Fennah, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 57 : 78 [Key.] 
multispinosa Melichar 
1912 Megadictya multispinosa Melichar, Abh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien 7 Brazil 1 
(1): 64. [n. sp.] 1 Equals Plegmaloptera multispinosa Sign. (nom. 
nud.) ^15. [Listed.] 1 
Genus MELICHAROPTERA Metcalf 
[Orthotype Didyoptera polyneura ] 1938 Metcalf, Bull. Mus. Comp. 
Zool. Harvard Coll. 82: 335. 
[Didyoptera Melichar] 
[Orthotype Didyophara polyneura 1912 Melichar, Abh. Zool. Bot. Ges. 
Wien 7(1): 77.] 
[Type Didyoptera polyneura 1915 Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 76: 352.] 
Didyoptera 1912 Melichar, Abh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien 7 (1) : 77. [gen. n., key to species.] 
-.31. [Key.] :215. [Listed.] 
1915 Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 76: 352. [Listed.] 
1928 Schulze, Kiikenthal and Heider, Nomenclator Animalium. 2 (9) : 991 
[Listed.] 
Melicharoptera 1938 Metcalf, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard Coll. 82: 335. Nom. nov. for 
Dictyoptera Melichar [1912] [nec Didyoptera Latreille 1829]. ]Key.] 
Didyoptera 1939 Neave, Nomenclator Zoologicus. 2: 80. [Listed.] 
Melicharoptera 1944 Fennah, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 57 : 78. [Key.] :77. Equals Didyop- 
tera Mel. 
polyneura Berg 
186. 
1883 Didyophara polyneura Berg, An. Soc. Cient. Argentina 16: 
[n. sp.] 1 - 5 
18S4 Didyophara polyneura Berg, Hemiptera Argentina. Addenda et 
Emendanda. 1884: 131. [n. sp.] 1 - 5 
1912 Didyoptera polyneura Melichar, Abh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien 7 (1): 
77. [Key.]* :78. [Described.] 5 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 7 - 5 Equals Plegmatoptcro nervosa 
Sign. [nom. nud.] Equals Didyophara polyneura Berg. Equals Fol- 
gora [sic] conica Oliv. :215. [Listed.]* 
1915 Didyoptera polyneura Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 76: 352. [Listed.] 5 
rostrata Melichar 
Argentina 1 
Uruguay 5 
Espirito Santo* 
Santa 
Catharina 4 
Rio Grande 
do Sul* 
Bahia 5 
Sao Paulo 7 
Catamarca* 
Brazil* 
1912 Didyoptera rostrata Melichar, Abh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien 7 (1): Santa 
78. [n. sp.] 1 - 5 :77. [Key.] 1 - 4 :215. [Listed.] 5 :78. [Comparative note.] Catharina 1 
cm 
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