genus

Planicephalus Linnavuori, 1954

Deltocephalus (Planicephalus) Linnavuori, 1954e: 143.
type species by original designation Jassus [sic] (Deltocephalus) flavicosta Stål, 1862
Deltocephalus (Planicephalus) Linnavuori, 1954 (classified as Deltocephalina Fieber, 1869) in Hamilton, 1975b: 489.

Jassus [sic] (Deltocephalus) flavicosta Stål, 1862 type species by original designation of Planicephalus Linnavuori, 1954

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: planus (flat, even) + Greek: κεφαλή (head)

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.
Linnavuori, R.E. (1954e) Contributions to the Neotropical leafhopper fauna of the family Cicadellidae II. A revision of some of Stål's and Osborn's Neotropical leafhopper species. Annales Entomologici Fennici, 20(3), 124–145.