Platybrachys Explained

Platybrachys is a genus of Australian Fulgoromorph planthoppers within the family Eurybrachidae.^[1]

Taxonomy

Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web^[2] includes the following species:

1. Platybrachys aegrota Stål, 1863
2. Platybrachys barbata (Fabricius, 1775)
3. Platybrachys decemmacula (Walker, 1851)
4. Platybrachys fenestrata Jacobi, 1928
5. Platybrachys lanifera (Stål, 1854) - type species
6. Platybrachys leucostigma (Walker, 1851)
7. Platybrachys lugubris Stål, 1863
8. Platybrachys lurida (Walker, 1851)
9. Platybrachys maculipennis (Le Guillou, 1841)
10. Platybrachys ornata (Lallemand, 1928)
11. Platybrachys sera (Walker, 1851)
12. Platybrachys sicca (Walker, 1851)
13. Platybrachys vidua Stål, 1863

Kamabrachys gen. nov.

In October 2023, Platybrachys signata Distant, 1892 was reassigned as the type species of the new genus Kamabrachys Constant.^[3]

External links

• Images at iNaturalist

Notes and References

1. Web site: Genus Platybrachys . GBIF . 2023-01-13 . en-GB.
2. https://flow.hemiptera-databases.org/flow/?page=explorer&db=flow&lang=en&card=taxon&rank=genus&id=5222 Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): (retrieved 2 October 2023)
3. Constant J (2023) Revision of the Eurybrachidae (XVII). The new Australian genus Kamabrachys gen. nov. with ten new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) European Journal of Taxonomy 895: 1-133. (Researchgate)