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Genus

Petalocephala Stål, 1854

Habitus, dorsal view on Petalocephala Stål, 1854: Petalocephala bohemani. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Petalocephala Stål, 1854: Petalocephala bohemani. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Petalocephala Stål, 1854: Petalocephala raniceps. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (17)

  • Petalocephala Stål, 1854b: 251. (valid in Kirkaldy, 1907d: 25)

    type species by subsequent designation Petalocephala bohemani Stål, 1854 in Atkinson, 1885b: 106

  • Petalocera [sic] Stål, 1854 in Hansen, 1890a: 68.
  • Petalocephala Stål, 1854 (classified as Ledrides Fairmaire, 1855) in Jones & Deitz, 2009a: 51.
  • Destinoides Cai & He, 2000 (subjective synonym of Petalocephala Stål, 1854) in Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2025: 9.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Stål, C. (1854b) Nya Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 11(8), 231–255.
  • Atkinson, E.F.T. (1885b) Notes on Indian Rhynchota, No. 3. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 54(2), 76–117.
  • Hansen, H.J. (1890a) Gamle og nye hovedmomenter til Cicadariernes morphologi og systematik. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 11, 19–76, pls. 1–2.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1907d) Leaf-Hoppers - Supplement (Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 3, 1–186, i-iii, pls. 1–20.
  • Schumacher, F. (1912b) Zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Ledrinen (Hem. Hom. Ledr.). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 31, 245–249.
  • Handlirsch, A.P.J. (1925a) "Ordung: Homoptera (Latr.) Westw. (Homopteren)." In Systematische Übersicht (Schluss.). In C. Schröder (Ed.). Handbuch der Entomologie. Gustav Fischer. Jena. Vol. 3, Issues 17-18, pp. 1102–1126. [VIII + 1202 pp.]
  • Evans, J.W. (1947a) A natural classification of leaf-hoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 3: Jassidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 98, 105–271.
  • Mathur, R.N. (1953a) A systematic catalogue of the main identified entomological collection at the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun. part 21. Order Hemiptera (Continued). Indian Forest Leaflet (Entomology), 121(3), 138–187.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1962d) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 4. Ledridae. Washington, D.C., USDA, 147 pp.
  • Li, Z.-Z. & Wang, L.-M. (1992b) Agriculture and Forestry Insect Fauna of Guizhou. Vol. 4. (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Guizhou Science and Technology Publishing House, Guiyang, xiii + 304 pp. + xv pls. [1991; in Chinese; 李子忠,汪廉敏. (1991) 贵州农林昆虫志卷4 (同翅目:叶蝉科). 贵州·贵阳:贵州科技出版社.]
  • Cai, P. & He, J.-H. (2000a) A new record and a new allied genera of Ledrinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) from China. In Y.-L. Zhang (Ed.). Systematic and faunistic research on Chinese insects. Proceedings of the 5th National Congress of Insect Taxonomy. China Agriculture Press. pp. 56–60. [in Chinese; 331 pp.]
  • Jones, J.R. & Deitz, L.L. (2009a) Phylogeny and systematics of the leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2186, 1–120.
  • Viraktamath, C.A., Webb, M.D. & Yeshwanth, H.M. (2025) Leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae of the Indian subcontinent: 2. Genera Digitata Wang, Li & Dai, Latycephala McKamey, Petalocephala Stål and Thlasia Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of six new species. Zootaxa, 5623(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5623.1.1

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Petalocephala Stål, 1854

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: πέταλος (broad, flat) or πέταλον (leaf) + κεφαλή (head)

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
Genus1078
Species91057148