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, 1854 in China, 1938d: 184
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- 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.
Type
Tettigonia praestantior Fowler, 1899 type species by subsequent designation of Platygonia Melichar, 1924
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: πλατύς (flat, broad, wide) + Tettigonia
Nomenclature references (6)
- China, W.E. (1938d) Melichar's "Monographie der Cicadellinen". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 11), 2, 182–185.
- 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.
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- Melichar, L. (1926a) Monographie der Cicadellinen. III. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 23, 273–394.
- 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.
Stats
| Names | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total | Valid | Invalid |
| genus | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| species | 24 | 9 | 15 |