FlataFabricius JC (1798) Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. 1798: 511-524. . 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).
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 at ResearchGate)
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.
Species Fulgoromorpha Lists on the WebFulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Flatta Fabricius, 1798 (retrieved 7 August 2022) includes: Flata coromandelica (Spinola, 1839) Flata doryca Boisduval, 1835 Flata erubescens Breddin, 1900 Flata ferrugata Fabricius, 1803 Flata guttularis (Walker, 1857) Flata lyncea (Fabricius, 1803) Flata minuta (Fabricius, 1775) Flata nava Say, 1830 Flata orientala Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012 Flata pinga Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012 Flata punctipennis (Distant, 1910) Flata rostrata (Montrouzier, 1855) Flata sinuata Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012 Flata stellaris (Walker, 1851)- type species (as Cicada ocellata Fabricius, 1775 then Poeciloptera stellaris Walker, 1851) Flata taiwana Peng, Fletcher & Zhang, 2012 Flata tripunctata (Fabricius, 1781) Flata truncata 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 Distant, 1892 Flata punctipennis (Distant, 1910)
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