Genus
Brachyceps Kirkaldy, 1906
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (6)
- Tettigometra (Brachycephalus) Signoret, 1866a: 139.
type species by original designation Tettigometra (Brachycephalus) lucida Signoret, 1866
- Tettigometra (Brachycephalus) Signoret, 1866 (homonym of Brachycephalus Fitzinger, 1826)
- Brachyceps Kirkaldy, 1906 in Mozaffarian & Bourgoin, 2025: 14.
- Tettigometra (Brachyceps) Kirkaldy, 1906
Nomenclature references (3)
- Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906b) Bibliographical and nomenclatorial notes on the Hemiptera. No. 6. The Entomologist, 39, 247–249.
- Mozaffarian, F. & Bourgoin, T. (2025) A new comprehensive generic framework for Tettigometra Latreille, 1804 s.l.: a taxonomic and nomenclatural revision of the tribe Tettigometrini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). Insects, 17(30), 1–76. [2026] https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17010030
- Signoret, V.A. (1866a) Revue du groupe des Tettigométrides Homoptères-Fulgorelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (4 série), 6(1-2), 139–160. [Publication dates: Part 1 (pp. 1-140): August 22, 1866; Part 2 (pp. 141-292)]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: βραχύς (short) + Latin: ceps (head)
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Species | 3 | 0 | 16 | 19 |