Genus
Placidus Distant, 1908
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (6)
- Cyrta Melichar, 1902c: 136.
type species by original designation Cyrta hirsuta Melichar, 1902
- Cyrta Melichar, 1902 (homonym of Cyrta Lacordaire, 1859)
- Cyrta Melichar, 1902 (classified as Stegelytrinae Baker, 1915) in Wei, Webb & Zhang, 2008a: 2.
- Cyrta Melichar, 1902 (subjective synonym of Placidus Distant, 1908) in Dmitriev, 2026
Nomenclature references (5)
- Lacordaire, J.T. (1859) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères. Vol V Ténébrionides - Oedémérides. Roret, Paris, 1–400, 401–750 pp.
- Melichar, L. (1902c) Homopteren aus West-China, Persien und dem Süd-Ussuri-Gebiete. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk, 7, 76–146 + pl. 5. [separate paged 1-71]
- Wei, C., Webb, M.D. & Zhang, Y.-L. (2008a) The identity of the oriental leafhopper genera Cyrta Melichar and Placidus Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Stegelytrinae), with description of a new genus. Zootaxa, 1793, 1–27.
- Dmitriev, D.A. (2026) Personal communication.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Saint Placidus, a disciple of Saint Benedict; from Latin: placidus (gentle, calm, mild, placid)
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Species | 21 | 0 | 16 | 37 |