genus

Platymetopius Burmeister, 1838

Descendants and synonyms

Jassus [sic] (Platymetopius) Burmeister, 1838b: pl.15.
type species by subsequent designation Cicada vittata (Fabricius, 1775) non Linnaeus, 1758 in Kirschbaum, 1858b
Jassus [sic] (Platymetopius) Burmeister, 1838 (classified as Platymetopiinae Haupt, 1929) in Dmitriev, 2006b

Jassus [sic] (Platymetopius) Burmeister, 1838 (classified as Athysanini Van Duzee, 1892) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 43.

Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838b) Selenocephalus, Coelidia, Eupelix, Jassus. In Genera quaedam insectorum. Iconibus illustravit et descripsit. Sumtibus A. Burmeister, Berlin. Vol. 1, pp. pls: 6, 12, 14, 15.
Dmitriev, D.A. (2006b) Larvae of leafhoppers of the subfamily Deltocephalinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) of European Russia and adjacent territories. IV. Tribe Athysanini. [Личинки цикадовых подсем. Deltocephalinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) Европейской части России и сопредельных территорий. IV. Триба Athysanini]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 85(1), 75–121. [in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 86(1), 11–48]

Kirschbaum, C.L. (1858b) [Der Gegend von Wiesbaden gesammelten Arten der Gattung Jassus]. Jahrbücher des Vereins für Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau, 13, 355–358.
Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45

type species by subsequent designation of

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: πλατύς (flat, broad, wide) + μέτωπο (forehead, frons)

No descendants observations found