Phylogeny and systematics of the leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) 2186
Author
Jones, Joshua R.
Author
Deitz, Lewis L.
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Zootaxa
2009
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2186.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2186.1.1
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Genus
Petalocephaloides
Kato
Petalocephaloides
Kato, 1931: 436
.
Type
species.
P. laticapitata
Kato, 1931: 436
, fig. 7, by original designation.
Synonymy.
None.
Description.
Kato (1931)
: “Head large, vertex about as long as breadth between eyes, including eyes broader than pronotum, ocelli not prominent, placed on disk almost middle and slightly nearer to each other than to eyes, lateral margins gradually narrowed to apex, centrally longitudinally sulcate; pronotum about as long as vertex, more or less convex, central longitudinal carina wanting; scutellum centrally foveate; tegmina coriaceous, veins prominent, sparingly granulate.”
Species.
[1]:
laticapitata
Kato.
Range.
Taiwan
(Mt. Taihei; Mt. Taiko)
Host plants.
Unknown.
Material examined.
None.
Remarks.
Kato’s description of
P. laticapitata
is of a female. He made no examination of genitalia and no reference to leg or tarsal characters that might distinguish
P. laticapitata
from other closely related ledrine genera. It is possible that this species is a junior synonym of one in another genus, perhaps for which only a male has been described. The location of the
type
specimen of
P. laticapitata
, part of
Kato’s (1931)
personal collection, is unknown.