subgenus

Platycotis (Platycotis) Stål, 1869

Descendants and synonyms

Platycotis Stål, 1869a: 36.
type species by original monotypy Centrotus vittatus Fabricius, 1803
Platycotis (Platycotis) Stål, 1869a: 37.
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Plotycoris [sic] Stål, 1869 in Metcalf & Wade, 1965b: 1471.
Plotycoris [sic] Stål, 1869 (misspelling of Platycotis Stål, 1869) in Metcalf & Wade, 1965b: 1471.

Centrotus vittatus Fabricius, 1803 type species by original monotypy of Platycotis (Platycotis) Stål, 1869

No descendants observations found

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: πλατύς (flat, broad, wide) + κοτίς (top of the head)

Fowler, W.W. (1894c) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Hemiptera-Homoptera. (Continued). In Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Porter. London. Vol. 2, pp. 25–56.
Funkhouser, W.D. (1913a) Homologies of the wing veins of the Membracidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 6, 74–97.
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Metcalf, Z.P. & Wade, V. (1965b) General catalogue of the Homoptera. A supplement to Fascicle I - Membracidae of the general catalogue of the Hemiptera. Membracoidea in two sections. Section II. Part 1 - Membracidae (continued): Smiliinae, Tragopinae, Membracinae. Part 2 - Aetalionidae. Part 3 - Biturritiidae. Part 4 - Nicomiidae. USA: Waverly press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 744–1552 pp.
Stål, C. (1869a) Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter, efter de i Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. 2. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 8(1), 1–130.