Genus
Platygonia Melichar, 1924
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (8)
- Platygonia Melichar, 1924a: 200.
type species by subsequent designation Tettigonia praestantior Fowler, 1899 in Melichar, 1925a: 340
- Oxycoryphia Melichar, 1926a: 344.
type species by subsequent designation Tettigonia spatulata Signoret, 1855 in China, 1938d: 184
- Oxycoryphia Melichar, 1926 (subjective synonym of Platygonia Melichar, 1924) in Young, 1977a: 420.
- Oxygonalia Evans, 1947 (subjective synonym of Platygonia Melichar, 1924) in Young, 1977a: 420.
Nomenclature references (6)
- Melichar, L. (1924a) Monographie der Cicadellinen. I. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 21, 195–243. [separate paged 1-49]
- Melichar, L. (1925a) Monographie der Cicadellinen. II. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 22, 329–410.
- Evans, J.W. (1947a) A natural classification of leaf-hoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 3: Jassidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 98, 105–271.
- Young, D.A., Jr. (1977a) Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Part 2. New World Cicadellini and the genus Cicadella. Technical Bulletin of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 239, 1–1135.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: πλατύς (flat, broad, wide) + Tettigonia
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Species | 9 | 0 | 15 | 24 |