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

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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)

Bartlett CR (2009) A new genus of New World Tropidocephalini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae), with the description of two new species. Entomological News 120 (4): 387–396. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.120.0407

Bartlett CR, Kennedy AC (2018) A review of New World Malaxa (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae). Zootaxa 4441 (3): 511–528. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4441.3.5

Chen XS, Li XF, Liang AP, Yang L (2006) A review of the bamboo delphacid genus Malaxa (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae) from China. Annales Zoologici 56 (1): 159–166.

Chen XS, Li XF, Liang AP, Yang L (2006) A review of the bamboo delphacid genus Malaxa (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae) from China. Annales Zoologici 56 (1): 159-166.

Ding JH, Yang LF, Hu CL (1986) Descriptions of new genera and species of Delphacidae attacking bamboo from Yunnan Province, China. Acta Entomologische Sinica 29 (4): 415–425.

Ding JH, Yang LF, Hu CL (1986) Descriptions of new genera and species of Delphacidae attacking bamboo from Yunnan Province, China. Acta Entomologische Sinica 29 (4): 415-425.

Ding JH, Zhuo WX, Huang BK (1999) Delphacidae of Fujian (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). In: Huang BK (Ed.) Fauna of Insects in Fujian Province of China. Vol. 2. Fujian Science and Technology Press, Fuzhou, 432–464.

Ding JH (2006) Fauna Sinica Insecta Vol. 45. Homoptera Delphacidae. Science Press, Beijing, China.

Fennah RG (1945) New lanternflies (Fulgoroidea) from South America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 96 (3189): 95–106. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.96-3189.95

Hou XH, Yang L, Chen XS (2013) A checklist of the genus Malaxa (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae) with descriptions and illustrations of Malaxa bispinata newly recorded in China and the fifth instar of Malaxa delicata. Florida Entomologist 96 (3): 864–870. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.096.0321

Li HX, Yang L, Chen XS (2019) Taxonomic study of the genus Malaxa Melichar, with descriptions of two new species from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Delphacidae). ZooKeys 861: 43–52. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.861.32777

Melichar L (1914) Neue Fulgoriden von den Philippinen: I. Theil. Philippine Journal of Science 9 (3): 269-283.

Metcalf ZP (1943) General Catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV, Fulgoroidea, Part 3, Araeopidae (Delphacidae). Smith College, Northhampton, Massachusetts, 551 pp.

Muir FAG (1919) Some Malayan Delphacidae (Homoptera). Philippine Journal of Science 15 (6): 521-531.

Muir FAG (1926) Spolia Mentawiensia: Fulgoroidea, Homoptera. Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society 4: 392–412.

Muir FAG (1926) Spolia Mentawiensia: Fulgoroidea, Homoptera. Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society 4: 392-412.

Yang JT, Yang CT (1986) Delphacidae of Taiwan (1) Asiracinae and the tribe Tropidocephalini (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Taiwan Museum Special Publication Series 6: 1–79.

Yang JT, Yang CT (1986) Delphacidae of Taiwan (1) Asiracinae and the tribe Tropidocephalini (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Taiwan Museum Special Publication Series 6: 1-79.