genus

Amplicephalus DeLong, 1926

Descendants and synonyms

Deltocephalus (Amplicephalus) DeLong, 1926d: 83.
type species by original designation Deltocephalus osborni Van Duzee, 1892
Deltocephalus (Amplicephalus) DeLong, 1926 (classified as Deltocephalina Fieber, 1869) in Hamilton, 1975b: 487.

Deltocephalus osborni Van Duzee, 1892 type species by original designation of Amplicephalus DeLong, 1926

No descendants observations found

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: amplus (large, magnificent) + Greek: κεφαλή (head)

DeLong, D.M. (1926d) A monographic study of the North American species of the genus Deltocephalus. University Studies. The Ohio State University. Contributions in zoology and entomology. 2 (13): i-x, 1-129.
Hamilton, K.G.A. (1975b) Review of the tribal classification of the leafhopper subfamily Aphrodinae (Deltocephalinae of authors) of the Holarctic region (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 107, 477–498.