species

Platypedia putnami (Uhler, 1877)

Descendants and synonyms

Cicada putnami Uhler, 1877a: 455.
Holotype; male; 86155753-15d2-4f22-9a66-dfa0e6ea5ab6; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A., Colorado: in the vicinity of Clear Creek, Clear Creek County, by Mr. J. Duncan Putnam

Sanborn, A.F. & Heath, M.S. (2017) The Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of North America North of Mexico. Entomological Society of America, Annapolis, MD, 2nd ed., x + 302 pp.
Uhler, P.R. (1877a) Report upon the insects collected by P.R. Uhler during the explorations of 1875, including monographs of the families Cydnidae and Saldae and the Hemiptera collected by A.S. Packard, Jr., M.D. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 3(2), 355–475 + pls. 27–28.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of Joseph Duncan Putnam (1855-1881), an American entomologist