genus

Centrotus Fabricius, 1803

Centrotus Fabricius, 1803a: 16.
type species by subsequent designation Cicada cornuta Linnaeus, 1758 in Curtis, 1830a
Centronotus [sic] Fabricius, 1803 in Swainson & William, 1840a: 139.
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Paratricentrus Kato, 1928d: 115.
type species by original designation Paratricentrus kelloggi Kato, 1928
Paratricentrus Kato, 1928 (subjective synonym of Centrotus Fabricius, 1803) in Funkhouser, 1951a: 195.

Cicada cornuta Linnaeus, 1758 type species by subsequent designation of Centrotus Fabricius, 1803

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: κέντρον (sharp point) + -τος (provided with) (referring to the lateral projections of pronotum)

Curtis, J. (1830a) Centrotus. In British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. Vol. VII. Part. 78. Published by the Author, London. pp. pl. 313.
Fabricius, J.C. (1803a) Rhyngota. In Systema rhyngotorum: secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. C. Reichard. Brunsvigae. pp. 1–101, 315. [316 + 21 (index) pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11644
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Westwood, J.O. (1842c) The seventh order of insects, - the Hemiptera (Rhyngota, Fabr.). In Cuvier's animal kingdom. pp. 562–570. [vii + 670 pp.; reprint of Westwood 1840c]
Yokoyama, T. (1925a) Comprehensive check-list of Japanese insects injurious to the silk-worm mulberry. The Insect World, 29, 187–195. [in Japanese]