This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Bartlett, Charles R., Kennedy, Ashley C. (2018): A review of New World Malaxa (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae). Zootaxa 4441 (3): 511-528, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.3.5

Abstract

The New World species attributed to the genus Malaxa Melichar (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae) are reviewed with special reference to the type species Malaxa acutipennis from the Philippines. We provide an amended diagnosis for Malaxa acutipennis contrasted with the genus delineation presented for Chinese Malaxa, most recently by Hou et al. (2013). We find Malaxa to be an Old World genus and segregate New World species into two new genera, Lamaxa and Xalama, diagnosed most readily by proportions of the antennae and features of the terminalia. Both Lamaxa and Xalama are uncommonly encountered. Lamaxa is distributed widely through the Neotropics, whereas Xalama is heretofore known only from Bolivia and Peru.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/48399650-4520-4f8c-b95e-3ed010ce1c95
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/FFB3B77DB341FF91FF8A6B1FFFA08C06
Citation: Bartlett C R, Kennedy A C, plazi (2018). A review of New World Malaxa (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4441.3.5 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.