''Flata'' is the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal f ...

planthopper A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment ...

s in the family

Flatidae Flatidae are a family of fulgoroid planthoppers. They are cosmopolitan in distribution and are distinguished from others in the superfamily by a combination of characters. Like all other planthoppers, they suck phloem sap of plants. Some spe ...

and tribe

Flatini The Flatinae are a subfamily of planthoppers, erected by Maximilian Spinola in 1839. Genera have been recorded from all continents except Antarctica: especially in tropical and subtropical regions. Description Like all other planthoppers, they ...

(subtribe Flatina), erected by

Johan Christian Fabricius Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is cons ...

in 1798. Species are recorded from subtropical and tropical Asia including India, China,

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

and

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...

(but records are probably incomplete).

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".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 a
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''Flata'' are medium to large

planthoppers A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment ...

, from 12-25 mm in length. The head is narrower than

pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on ea ...

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 A simple eye (sometimes called a pigment pit) refers to a form of eye or an optical arrangement composed of a single lens and without an elaborate retina such as occurs in most vertebrates. In this sense "simple eye" is distinct from a multi-l ...

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.

Species

''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web''Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): ''Flatta'' Fabricius, 1798 (retrieved 7 August 2022)
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Flata coromandelica ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' (Spinola, 1839) # ''

Flata doryca ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' Boisduval, 1835 # ''

Flata erubescens ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' Breddin, 1900 # ''

Flata ferrugata ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' Fabricius, 1803 # ''

Flata guttularis ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' (Walker, 1857) # ''

Flata lyncea ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' (Fabricius, 1803) # ''

Flata minuta ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) # ''

Flata nava ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' Say, 1830 # ''

Flata orientala ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012 # ''

Flata pinga ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012 # ''

Flata punctipennis ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' (Distant, 1910) # ''

Flata rostrata ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' (Montrouzier, 1855) # ''

Flata sinuata ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012 # ''

Flata stellaris ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' (Walker, 1851)
- type species (as ''Cicada ocellata'' Fabricius, 1775 then ''Poeciloptera stellaris'' Walker, 1851) # ''

Flata taiwana ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012 # ''

Flata tripunctata ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' (Fabricius, 1781) # ''

Flata truncata ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012

Subgenus ''Flata (Erubescens)''

Auth. Breddin, 1900 – Malesia Breddin G (1900) Hemiptera gesammelt von Professor Kükenthal im Malayischen Archipel. ''Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft. Frankfurt a. M'' 25: 139-202. # ''

Flata labeculata ''Flata'' 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 an ...

'' Distant, 1892 # ''

'' (Distant, 1910)

References

External links

# {{taxonbar, from=Q10496332 Flatidae Auchenorrhyncha genera Hemiptera of Asia