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Subgenus

Platymetopius (Platymetopius) Burmeister, 1838

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (26)

  • Jassus [sic] (Platymetopius) Burmeister, 1838b: pl.15.

    type species by subsequent designation Cicada vittata (Fabricius, 1775) non Linnaeus, 1758 in Kirschbaum, 1858b

  • Platymetopius Burmeister, 1838 in Herrich-Schäffer, 1840a: 382.
  • Eremitopius Lindberg, 1927 (subjective synonym of Jassus [sic] (Platymetopius) Burmeister, 1838) in Nast, 1972a: 358.
  • Mahalana Distant, 1918 (subjective synonym of Jassus [sic] (Platymetopius) Burmeister, 1838) in Webb & Godoy, 1993a: 424.

Nomenclature references (17)

  • 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.
  • Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. (1840a) Fauna Ratisbonnensis, oder Ubersicht der in der Gegend um Regensbug einheimischen Thiere. viii + 478 pp. [Zunft III. Cicadina.." In Animalia articulata. Classis I. Insecta: 378-385]
  • Kirschbaum, C.L. (1858b) [Der Gegend von Wiesbaden gesammelten Arten der Gattung Jassus]. Jahrbücher des Vereins für Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau, 13, 355–358.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1890g) New California Homoptera. Entomologica Americana, 6, 91–96.
  • Oshanin, V.T. (1906a) Verzeichnis der palaearktischen Hemipteren, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Verteilung im Russischen Reiche. II. Band. Homoptera. I. Lieferung. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk, 11, i-xvi, 1–192.
  • DeLong, D.M. (1916a) The leafhoppers or Jassoidea of Tennessee. Bulletin of the Tennessee State Board of Entomology, 5(2), 1–113.
  • Distant, W.L. (1918b) Rhynchota. VII. Homoptera: appendix. Heteroptera: addenda. In A.E. Shipley & G.A.K. Marshall (Eds.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis, London. Vol. 7, pp. i-viii + 1–210.
  • Johnson, C. & Ledig, R. (1918a) Tentative list of Hemiptera from the Claremont-Laguna region. Journal of Entomology and Zoology, 10, 3–8.
  • Lindberg, H. (1927b) Zur Kenntnis der paläarktischen Cicadina IV. Notulae Entomologicae, 7, 23–30.
  • Beckwith, C.S. (1928a) Report of the Cranberry Sub-station. Proceedings of the American Cranberry Growers' Association, 58, 12–15. [Separate paged 1-4]
  • Hamilton, C.C. (1932a) Investigations of insects injurious to ornamentals. Annual Report of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, 52, 238–253.
  • Oman, P.W. (1938b) A generic revision of American Bythoscopinae and South American Jassinae. The Kansas University Science Bulletin, 24(16), 343–420. [1936]
  • Beamer, R.H. (1942d) A revision of the genus Twiningia in America north of Mexico (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 44, 169–179.
  • Schwitzgebel, R.B. & Wilbur, D.A. (1942a) Lepidoptera, Homoptera, and Homoptera associated with ironweed, Vernonia interior Small in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 45, 195–202.
  • Vilbaste, J. (1961a) New species of cicadellids (Homoptera: Jassidae). Uzbekskii Biologicheskii Zhurnal, 1, 42–50. [in Russian]
  • Nast, J. (1972a) Palaearctic Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera). An annotated check list. Polish Scientific Publishers, Warszawa, 550 pp.
  • Webb, M.D. & Godoy, C. (1993a) Review of the leafhopper tribe Scaphytopiini (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with a key to genera. Journal of Natural History, 27, 423–427.

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Platymetopius (Platymetopius) Burmeister, 1838

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

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

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Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Subgenus101314
Species74047121