species

Platypedia mohavensis Davis, 1920

Descendants and synonyms

Platypedia mohavensis Davis, 1920a: 100.
Holotype; male; 68044fbf-b8ef-4a3c-a83c-9d57e82266e0; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); U.S.A.: Trumble Mountain, Mohave Co., Arizona, 1919, J.A. Crosby

Davis, W.T. (1920a) North American cicadas belonging to the genera Platypedia and Melampsalta. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 28(2), 95–135.
Sanborn, A.F. (1999a) Cicada (Homoptera: Cicadidoidea) type material in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, California Academy of Sciences, Snow Entomological Museum, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, and the United States National Museum. Florida Entomologist, 82(1), 34–60.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

from Mohave County (Arizona, USA)