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Wilson, M. R. ; Takiya, D. M.: Cicadellinae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) described by Leopold Melichar in the Hungarian Natural History Museum

were described. These species-group taxa include many "varieties", which were correctly interpreted as available names of subspecific rank by YOUNG. Unfortunately, the work was entirely without illustrations, characters were based solely on external morphology, and the majority of his new genera, although validly published according to the nomenclatural rules of the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999), lacked formal descriptions and type designations. CHINA (1927a) dealt with preoccupied generic names from MELICHAR (1926a) and later (CHINA 1938a) designated type species for several of MELICHAR'

s genera based on the remaining unpublished manuscript. MELICHAR SPECIMENS IN BUDAPEST In his earlier papers and in his published monographs on the Cicadellinae, MELICHAR described 231 species and "varieties" of which 167 are presently considered valid. The majority of syntypes of these species from the monographs are deposited in the Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic (MMBC) and in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary (HNHM). Other minor depositories were the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN, Paris, France), Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NMW, Vienna, Austria), and Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum (ZMUH, Hamburg, Germany). As part of his European study visit during 1962-63 YOUNG studied both major collections in preparation for his revision of world Cicadellinae and designated lectotypes from both Institutions (MMBC: YOUNG & LAUTERER 1966 and HNHM: YOUNG & Soós 1964a). Later LAUTERER SC SCHRÖDER (1970^) designated further specimens for a number of species in the MMBC. Young's guiding principle for the designation of MELICHAR lectotypes between the two Institutions was "resolved in the light of what Melichar said in the original description, the present location of the syntypes, the fact that Melichar's own collection is in Brno, the occurrence of the 'type' labels on syntypes and the interests of science" (YOUNG & SOÓS 1964a). In his monographs MELICHAR indicated from which localities and depositories he had seen specimens, but rarely stated how many specimens were involved. One assumes that the choice of syntypes might normally be restricted to these Institutions and localities but in the light of MELICHAR retaining specimens it is possible to take a wider view. Also YOUNG & SOÓS ( 1964a) stated "Melichar had adopted the practice of placing a "type" label on one or