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Pygofer, lateral view on Placotettix Ribaut, 1942: Placotettix taeniatifrons, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Placotettix Ribaut, 1942: Placotettix taeniatifrons, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Placotettix Ribaut, 1942: Placotettix taeniatifrons, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Placotettix Ribaut, 1942: Placotettix taeniatifrons, subgenital plates, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Sternite VIII (male) on Placotettix Ribaut, 1942: Placotettix taeniatifrons, valve (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Placotettix Ribaut, 1942: Placotettix taeniatifrons, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Placotettix Ribaut, 1942: Placotettix taeniatifrons, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Placotettix Ribaut, 1942: Placotettix taeniatifrons, connective and styles, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Placotettix Ribaut, 1942a: 262.

    type species by original designation Jassus [sic] (Thamnotettix) taeniatifrons Kirschbaum, 1868

  • Placotettix Ribaut, 1942 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 495.
  • Placotettix Ribaut, 1942 (classified as Fieberiellini Wagner, 1951) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 88.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Ribaut, H. (1942a) Demembrement des generes Athysanus Burm. et Thamnottetix Zett. [Homoptera-Jassidae]. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, 77, 259–270. [separate paged 1-12]
  • 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.
  • 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

type species by original designation of Placotettix Ribaut, 1942

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: πλάξ, πλακός (plate, leaf) + τέττιξ (cicada)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species4004
Subspecies601420