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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Platypedia mohavensis Davis, 1920a: 100.

    Holotype; male; 68044fbf-b8ef-4a3c-a83c-9d57e82266e0; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); U.S.A.: Trumble Mountain, Mohave Co., Arizona, 1919, J.A. Crosby

  • Platypedia latipennis Davis, 1921b: 54.

    Holotype; male; c357970a-19f9-4f99-80a8-403ae33b0807; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); U.S.A.: Douglas Spring, Routt Co., Colorado, June, J.W. Frey

  • Platypedia mohavensis mohavensis Davis, 1920 in Davis, 1932a: 258.
  • Platypedia latipennis Davis, 1921 (subjective synonym of Platypedia mohavensis Davis, 1920) in Kondratieff, Ellington & Leatherman, 2002a: 50.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Davis, W.T. (1920a) North American cicadas belonging to the genera Platypedia and Melampsalta. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 28(2), 95–135.
  • Davis, W.T. (1921b) An annotated list of the cicadas of Colorado with descriptions of a new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 29(1), 43–57, pl. 5.
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  • Davis, W.T. (1932a) Additional records of North American cicadas with descriptions of new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 40, 241–264.
  • Kondratieff, B.C., Ellington, A. & Leatherman, D.A. (2002a) The cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae, Tibicinidae) of Colorado. Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity. Insects of Western North America 2. 81pp.
  • Sanborn, A.F. (1999a) Cicada (Homoptera: Cicadidoidea) type material in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, California Academy of Sciences, Snow Entomological Museum, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, and the United States National Museum. Florida Entomologist, 82(1), 34–60.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

from Mohave County (Arizona, USA)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
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