Flata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Flatidae
Subfamily: Flatinae
Tribe: Flatini
Genus: Flata
Fabricius, 1798
Synonyms

Flatta Fabricius, 1798 (wrong spelling)

Flata[1] is the type genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae and tribe Flatini (subtribe Flatina), erected by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. Species are recorded from subtropical and tropical Asia including India, China, Indochina and Malesia (but records are probably incomplete).[2]

Status and Description

The genus Flata has historically included more than two hundred species, many of which have subsequently been transferred to other genera and families. Three non-oriental species currently included here are "of uncertain generic affinity".[3]

Flata are medium to large planthoppers, from 12-25 mm in length. The head is narrower than pronotum and wider than long, with lateral margins raised moderately and characteristic carinae. The antennae are short with tubular 1st and 2nd segments (segment 2 is longer). Ocelli are present.

The pronotum and mesonotum of the thorax is moderately humped, with the former bluntly triangular and a convex anterior margin; the mesonotum is large and shield-like, with three longitudinal carinae. The forewings are subtriangular with an elongated convex costal margin and characteristic wing veination. The metatibia of the legs bear two lateral spines.[3]

Species

Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web[2] includes:

  1. Flata coromandelica (Spinola, 1839)
  2. Flata doryca Boisduval, 1835
  3. Flata erubescens Breddin, 1900
  4. Flata ferrugata Fabricius, 1803
  5. Flata guttularis (Walker, 1857)
  6. Flata lyncea (Fabricius, 1803)
  7. Flata minuta (Fabricius, 1775)
  8. Flata nava Say, 1830
  9. Flata orientala Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012
  10. Flata pinga Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012
  11. Flata punctipennis (Distant, 1910)
  12. Flata rostrata (Montrouzier, 1855)
  13. Flata sinuata Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012
  14. Flata stellaris (Walker, 1851)
    - type species (as Cicada ocellata Fabricius, 1775 then Poeciloptera stellaris Walker, 1851)[3]
  15. Flata taiwana Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012
  16. Flata tripunctata (Fabricius, 1781)
  17. Flata truncata Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012

Subgenus Flata (Erubescens)

Auth. Breddin, 1900 – Malesia[4]

  1. Flata labeculata Distant, 1892
  2. Flata punctipennis (Distant, 1910)

References

  1. ↑ Fabricius JC (1798) Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. 1798: 511-524. [511].
  2. 1 2 Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Flatta Fabricius, 1798 (retrieved 7 August 2022)
  3. 1 2 3 Peng L, Fletcher MJ, Zhang Y-L (2012) Review of the Oriental planthopper genus Flata Fabricius (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Flatidae) with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3399: 1-22 (available at ResearchGate)
  4. ↑ Breddin G (1900) Hemiptera gesammelt von Professor Kükenthal im Malayischen Archipel. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft. Frankfurt a. M 25: 139-202.
  1. Data related to Flata at Wikispecies
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