Petalocephala

Petalocephala
Petalocephala sp. taken in South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Ledrinae
Tribe: Ledrini
Genus: Petalocephala
Stål, 1854
Synonyms
  • Destinoides Cai & He, 2000
  • Pachyledra Schumacher, 1912
  • Peltocephala [sic] Stål, 1854 (and other orthographic variants)

Petalocephala is a genus of leaf-hoppers in the tribe Ledrini, erected by Carl Stål in 1854. Species have been recorded from sub-Saharan Africa and Iran, subcontinental India, China, Indochina, Malesia through to New Guinea and Australia.

Species

As of November 2026, the World Auchenorrhyncha Database includes:

  1. Petalocephala adelungi (Melichar, 1902)
  2. Petalocephala alata Evans, 1969
  3. Petalocephala arcuata Cai & Kuoh, 1992
  4. Petalocephala armata Evans, 1969
  5. Petalocephala balehonnurensis Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2025
  6. Petalocephala baluchestanica Dlabola, 1981
  7. Petalocephala bazarakana Dlabola, 1957
  8. Petalocephala bicolor Distant, 1908
  9. Petalocephala bipunctata Melichar, 1914
  10. Petalocephala bohemani Stål, 1854 - type species (by subsequent designation)
  11. Petalocephala castanea Kato, 1931
  12. Petalocephala cephalotes Distant, 1916
  13. Petalocephala chlorocephala (Walker, 1851)
  14. Petalocephala chlorophana Kuoh, 1984
  15. Petalocephala circumvoluta Li, Zhang & Cao, 2026
  16. Petalocephala concolor (Walker, 1851)
  17. Petalocephala confusa Distant, 1908
  18. Petalocephala conica (Walker, 1851)
  19. Petalocephala conspersa Kuoh, 1992
  20. Petalocephala conspicua Distant, 1907
  21. Petalocephala cultellifera (Walker, 1857)
  22. Petalocephala declivis Walker, 1869
  23. Petalocephala duodiana Kuoh, 1981
  24. Petalocephala duplicata Li, Zhang & Cao, 2026
  25. Petalocephala dweepa Rajgopal, 2026
  26. Petalocephala engelhardti Kusnezov, 1931
  27. Petalocephala enigmoides Evans, 1969
  28. Petalocephala eurglobata Cai & He, 1998
  29. Petalocephala flavomarginata Cai & Huang, 1999
  30. Petalocephala formosana (Matsumura, 1912)
  31. Petalocephala fuscomarginata Cai & Kuoh, 1992
  32. Petalocephala fusiformis (Walker, 1851)
  33. Petalocephala glauca (Melichar, 1903)
  34. Petalocephala gonzalezi Lindberg, 1954
  35. Petalocephala grandiosa Dlabola, 1957
  36. Petalocephala hainanensis (Huang & Zhang, 2019)
  37. Petalocephala hearsayi Distant, 1908
  38. Petalocephala horishana (Matsumura, 1912)
  39. Petalocephala insignis Distant, 1908
  40. Petalocephala ishanya Rajgopal, 2026
  41. Petalocephala ixion Linnavuori, 1972
  42. Petalocephala kamerunensis (Schumacher, 1912)
  43. Petalocephala kempi Singh-Pruthi, 1936
  44. Petalocephala koshunensis Schumacher, 1915
  45. Petalocephala kuankuoensis Li & Li, 2011
  46. Petalocephala latifrons (Walker, 1851)
  47. Petalocephala limbata Evans, 1969
  48. Petalocephala manchurica Kato, 1932
  49. Petalocephala nauniensis Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2025
  50. Petalocephala nigrella Evans, 1969
  51. Petalocephala nigrilinea (Walker, 1857)
  52. Petalocephala nigrinaso Wang, Dietrich & Dai, 2024
  53. Petalocephala obtusa Kuoh, 1984
  54. Petalocephala ochracea Cai & Kuoh, 1992
  55. Petalocephala perakensis Distant, 1912
  56. Petalocephala perductalis (Kirby, 1891)
  57. Petalocephala philippina Stål, 1870
  58. Petalocephala pilka Evans, 1969
  59. Petalocephala planata Evans, 1969
  60. Petalocephala porrigens Walker, 1869
  61. Petalocephala potanini Melichar, 1902
  62. Petalocephala pullata Evans, 1969
  63. Petalocephala pulsata Evans, 1969
  64. Petalocephala punctatissima Stål, 1870
  65. Petalocephala quadrimaculata (Matsumura, 1912)
  66. Petalocephala raniceps Jacobi, 1912
  67. Petalocephala remota (Melichar, 1903)
  68. Petalocephala rotunda Li, Zhang & Cao, 2026
  69. Petalocephala rubromarginata Kato, 1931
  70. Petalocephala rubromarginella Kuoh, 1984
  71. Petalocephala rufa Cen & Cai, 2000
  72. Petalocephala rufomarginata Kuoh, 1984
  73. Petalocephala sahyadrica Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2025
  74. Petalocephala scutellaris Linnavuori, 1972
  75. Petalocephala skoba Evans, 1969
  76. Petalocephala spicata Evans, 1969
  77. Petalocephala stellata Evans, 1969
  78. Petalocephala subacta Walker, 1869
  79. Petalocephala subaquila Distant, 1908
  80. Petalocephala taihorensis Schumacher, 1915
  81. Petalocephala taikosana Kato, 1931
  82. Petalocephala tenuifrons (Walker, 1857)
  83. Petalocephala testacea Cai & Kuoh, 1991
  84. Petalocephala trispicula Evans, 1969
  85. Petalocephala turgida Linnavuori, 1972
  86. Petalocephala umbrosa Distant, 1908
  87. Petalocephala unicolor Cen & Cai, 2000
  88. Petalocephala uniformis Distant, 1908
  89. Petalocephala viridis Cai & He, 1997
  90. Petalocephala vittata (Matsumura, 1912)
  91. Petalocephala wahlbergi Stål, 1854

References

  1. ↑ Stål C (1854) Nya Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 11(8), 231–255.
  2. 1 2 World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD): genus Petalocephala Stål, 1854 (retrieved 9 November 2026)