genus

Mitricephalus Signoret, 1866

Descendants and synonyms

Tettigometra (Mitricephalus) Signoret, 1866a: 139.
type species by subsequent designation Tettigometra (Mitricephalus) longiceps Signoret, 1866 in Baker, 1924b: 92
Mitricephalus Signoret, 1866 in Mozaffarian & Bourgoin, 2025: 52.

Tettigometra (Mitricephalus) longiceps Signoret, 1866 type species by subsequent designation of Mitricephalus Signoret, 1866

No descendants observations found

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: μίτρα (turban, mitre) + κεφαλή (head)

Baker, C.F. (1924b) Remarks on the Tettigometridae (Fulgoroidea). Philippine Journal of Science, 24, 91–99 + pl. 1.
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. 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)]