Parapetalocephala Kato, 1931

Jones, Joshua R. & Deitz, Lewis L., 2009, Phylogeny and systematics of the leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) 2186, Zootaxa 2186 (1), pp. 1-120 : 51

Genus Parapetalocephala Kato

(Pl. 2K, 18L)

Parapetalocephala Kato, 1931: 435 .

Type species. P. montana Kato 1931: 435 , fig. 2, by original designation.

Synonymy. None.

Description. Kato (1931): “Head shorter than breadth between eyes, centrally longitudinally convexly ridged, ocelli prominent, placed on disk and slightly nearer to each other than to eyes, subconically narrowed anteriorly, with the lateral margins in a line with the outer margin of the eyes, in front of each ocellus slightly hollowed; pronotum convex, with a very short longitudinal carination anteriorly, each side of which largely hollowed; scutellum distinctly shorter than pronotum, middle largely hollowed; tegmina narrow, veins prominent; frons and gena much prominent.”

Species. [3]: dimorpha Kwon & Lee; montana Kato ; testacea Cai & Kuoh.

Range. Taiwan (Chiayi Hsien: Alishan; Mt. Niitaka ; Nantou Hsien: Tungpu; Taichung: Anmanshan; Tainan); Korea

Host plants. Unknown.

Material examined. P. testacea : 1 male, 1 female, Taiwan, TARI, JRJ _Led1_272–273; Parapetalocephala sp .: 1 female, Taiwan, TARI, JRJ _Led1_467 .

Remarks. Two specimens of Parapetalocephala testacea were identified from material obtained from TARI, and were used in this analysis. A third unidentified specimen of Parapetalocephala from TARI was also briefly examined. The cells of the forewing appear to vary in their degree of depression between the two species examined, with P. testacea having more deeply depressed cells.