Petalocephaloides Kato

Jones, Joshua R. & Deitz, Lewis L., 2009, Phylogeny and systematics of the leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) 2186, Zootaxa 2186 (1), pp. 1-120 : 53

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.