Balacha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Membracoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraordo: Cicadomorpha
Superfamilia: Membracoidea

Familia: Cicadellidae
Subfamilia: Cicadellinae
Tribus: Cicadellini
Genus:
Species (9): B. ancora – B. caparao – B. decorata – B. distincta – B. lepida – B. melanocephala – B. nigroflava – B. rubripennis – B. similis

Name

Balacha Melichar, 1926

  • Type species: Tettigonia melanocephala Signoret, 1854

References

Primary references

  • Melichar, L. (1926a) Monographie der Cicadellinen. III. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 23, 273–394.

Additional references

  • China, W.E. (1938d) Melichar's ""Monographie der Cicadellinen". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 11), 2, 182–185.
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1977a) Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Part 2. New World Cicadellini and the genus Cicadella. Technical Bulletin of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 239, 1–1135.
  • Quintas, V., Takiya, D.M., Cavichioli, R.R. & Meidalani, G. 2020. Two new species of Balacha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from Brazil with comments on their phylogenetic position and biogeography. Zootaxa 4878(3): 542–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.3.6 Paywall Reference page. 
  • Balacha - Taxon details in Catalogue of Life Database retrieved from 9-14-23 version