Orchesma (Melichar 1903) ⇒ Taxonomy of the synonym

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Orchesma Melichar, 1903
is a synonym of Genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853
This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	3816 189502 2439455	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	3399 186457 2415487	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	710 28641 240164	Families Genera Species
Order	Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs	564 25824 208282	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Auchenorrhyncha Linnaeus, 1758 Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers	62 10014 88138	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Fulgoromorpha Evans, 1946 Planthoppers	30 3361 25396	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Fulgoroidea Kirkaldy, 1907 Planthoppers	30 3361 25396	Families Genera Species
Family	Delphacidae Leach, 1815 Delphacid planthoppers, Planthoppers	583 5014	Genera Species
Subfamily	Delphacinae Leach, 1815	410 4238	Genera Species
Tribe	Tropidocephalini Muir, 1915	44 281	Genera Species
Genus	Orchesma Melichar, 1903	11	Species

Subnodes of Orchesma Melichar, 1903

Subgenus	Orchesma (Afrosmara) Afrosmara, 1988	4	Species
Species	Orchesma butleri Muir, 1921
Species	Orchesma indica Muir, 1921
Species	Orchesma marginepunctata Melichar, 1903 ⇒ Tropidocephala marginepunctata
Species	Orchesma serendiba Melichar, 1903 ⇒ Tropidocephala serendiba
Species	Orchesma signata Distant, 1912 ⇒ Tropidocephala serendiba
Species	Orchesma speciosa Bierman, 1908 ⇒ Tropidocephala speciosa
Species	Orchesma viridula Bierman, 1908 ⇒ Tropidocephala viridula

Distribution of Orchesma Melichar, 1903

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Republic South Africa, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Links, sources and further information

Orchesma at gbif.org
Orchesma at irmng.org
Orchesma at itis.gov