Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838

Webb, Michael D. & Viraktamath, Chandra A., 2009, 2163, Zootaxa 2163, pp. 1-64 : 12

Deltocephalus Burmeister

Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: 15 ; Ribaut, 1952: 246. Type species: Cicada pulicaris Fallén , by subsequent designation.

Remarks. Over 400 Old World species have been placed in Deltocephalus (or one of its subgenera) at one time or another (see Appendix 3). Subsequently, most of these species have been transferred to other genera and further species are transferred here (see Appendix 2). In the present study only six Old World Deltocephalus species are positively identified in this genus, one other ( D. cotula ) is tentatively included and several others await confirmation of identity (see Appendix 1). For the New World 30 species are listed by Blocker et al., 1995: 303–304, of which one ( pulicaris ) occurs in both the Old and New World.