Monteira Melichar, 1906

Constant, Jérôme, 2015, Review of the genus Monteira Melichar, 1906 with a new species from Namibia (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Nogodinidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 31, pp. 1-14 : 1-14

Genus Monteira Melichar, 1906

Monteira MELICHAR 1906: 158 .

Type species: M. cornicula Melichar, 1906 , by monotypy.

Monteirina LALLEMAND, 1931: 255 [described in the synonymized by SYNAVE, 1957].

Type species: Monteirina horni Lallemand, 1931 , by Monteira cornicula Melichar, 1906 by SYNAVE, 1957]

Issidae , Issinae , Hysteropterini; monotypy [synonymized under

Monteira – DISTANT, 1907: 199 [listed] – SCHUMACHER, 1913: 88 [listed from South Africa] – HESSE, 1925: 159 [listed from Namibia] – LALLEMAND, 1931: 255 [placed in the Issidae , Issinae , Hysteropterini and compared with Monteirina ] – SYNAVE, 1957: 65 [redescribed, senior synonym of Monteirina , new species, key] – METCALF, 1958: 296 [catalogued] – FENNAH, 1967: 697 [transferred from Issidae to Nogodinidae : Mithymnini ] – FENNAH, 1984: 85 [transferred from Nogodinidae : Mithymnini to Nogodinidae : Epacriini ].

Monteirina – SYNAVE, 1957: 66 [junior synonym of Monteira ] – METCALF, 1958: 299 [catalogued].

The definition of the genus given by SYNAVE (1957) and the tribal placement in the Epacriini Fennah, 1978 proposed by FENNAH (1984) are here followed.

The genus is distributed in the Afrotropical region.