Genus

Platyretus Melichar, 1903

Descendants and synonyms

Platyretus Melichar, 1903b: 174.
type species by original designation Platyretus marginatus Melichar, 1903
Platyrectus [sic] Melichar, 1903 in Datta, 1973j: 435.

Platyretus Melichar, 1903 (classified as Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 152.
Platyretus Melichar, 1903 (incertae sedis in Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 26.

Melichar, L. (1903b) Homopteren-Fauna von Ceylon. In Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. pp. i-iv, 1-248. Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. iv + 248 pp. + 6 pls.
Datta, B. (1973j) On Indian Cicadellidae (Insecta: Homoptera). XX. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 191(5-6), 428–436.

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
Zahniser, J.N., Dietrich, C.H., Cao, Y.-H., Dmitriev, D.A. & Pinedo-Escatel, J.A. (2026) New tribal placements, reinstatements and synonymies in the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1035, 1–51. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1035.3171

type species by original designation of Platyretus Melichar, 1903

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Platymetopius + Latin: retusus (blunt) (referring to the head, which is not so sharp)

No descendants observations found