Platymetopius Burmeister, 1838

Genus Platymetopius Burmeister, 1838 View in CoL

Platymetopius Burmeister, 1838:16 View in CoL . Type species: Cicada vittatus Fabricius, 1775 .

Mahalana Distant, 1918:64 View in CoL . Type species: Mahalana fidelis Distant, 1918 View in CoL .

Eremitopius Lindberg, 1927:29 View in CoL . Type species: Eremitopius albus Lindberg, 1927 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. This genus can be easily distinguished from allied genera by the more or less angularly produced head, and the forewing with strong venation. Vertex depressed, with angular transition between face and vertex. Ocelli present on the anterior margin of head near compound eyes. Clypellus expanding towards apex. Male pygofer with a ventrocaudal process. Subgenital plate obliquely long, approximately triangular, and the outer margin with long setae. Connective stem long. Forewings longer than body at rest and with distinctive, elegant markings, with three ante-apical and five apical areoles of which the outer is broadly triangular. In more typical species, forewings are more or less closely ornamented with fine brown or fuscous pigment lines and inscribed with a few oval or rounded whitish spots placed near the ends of the areoles.

Distribution. Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental regions ( Zahniser, 2007).