Meloidodera Chitwood, Hannon & Esser, 1956

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Meloidodera Chitwood, Hannon & Esser, 1956

Ten valid species comprise this genus. Seven species have been described from North America: four of them from the USA ( Chitwood et al. 1956, Hopper 1960, Wouts 1973a, Bernard 1981) and three from Mexico (Cid del Prado Vera 1991, 1997; Cid del Prado Vera & Rowe 2000). Three other species are distributed in countries of the former USSR ( Eroshenko 1978, Ivanova & Krall 1985, Krall & Ivanova 1992); among them, M. sikhotealiniensis Eroshenko, 1978 (= M. alni Turkina & Chizhov, 1986 ) also has a wide distribution in Europe, especially in Germany ( Sturhan 1977, 1984, 2006).

Sturhan (2018) thoroughly documented reported hosts for Meloidodera species, ranging from conifers ( Pinaceae , Pinales ), the angiosperm families Caryophyllaceae (Caryophyllales) , Cucurbitaceae (Cucurbitales) , Betulaceae and Fagaceae (Fagales) , Euphorbiaceae and Salicaceae (Malpighiales) , Paeoniaceae and Saxifragaceae (Saxifragales) , Fabaceae (Fabales) , Rosaceae (Rosales) , Malvaceae (Malvales) , Lamiaceae (Lamiales) , Solanaceae (Solanales) and Asteraceae (Asterales) to the monocotyledon Poaceae (Poales) . Both dicots and monocots as hosts were recorded for M. astonei Cid del Prado Vera & Rowe, 2000, M. charis Hopper, 1960 , M. eurytyla Bernard, 1981 and M. mexicana Cid del Prado Vera, 1991.