Review of the Oriental planthopper genus Flata Fabricius (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Flatidae) with the description of five new species
Author
Peng, Ling-Fei
Author
Fletcher, Murray J.
Author
Zhang, Ya-Lin
text
Zootaxa
2012
3399
1
22
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.281824
19d4224a-8697-45ea-b361-6c396a43eb69
1175-5326
281824
2.
Flata ferrugata
Fabricius, 1803
(
Figs. 1
B, 2)
Flata ferrugata
Fabricius, 1803
: 50
Poeciloptera ferrugata
(Fabricius)
,
Schaum, 1850
: 72
Flata ferrugata
(Fabricius)
, Stål, 1869: 108
Poeciloptera antica
Walker, 1851
: 456
, synonymised by
Melichar, 1902
: 22
Poeciloptera indocilis
Walker, 1858
: 55
, synonymised by
Melichar, 1902
: 22
Type
.
Holotype
of
F. ferrugata
Ƥ, (not examined),
Tranquebar
, S. & T. L. (
ZMUC
).
Holotype
of
P. antica
Ƥ, (not examined),
India
(
BMNH
).
Lectotype
of
P. indocilis
3, (not examined), designated by
Medler, 1986b
: 210,
India
(
MVMA
).
Color.
Body and tegmina uniformly stramineous; tegmina without spots, veins orange.
Morphology.
Body length about
12 mm
.
Head: Vertex 4.2 times broader than long; frons almost as wide as long, longitudinal median carina highly raised (
Fig. 2
B); frontoclypeal suture shallowly convex; rostrum extending to meso-trochanter (
Fig. 2
B).
Thorax: Pronotum with anterior margin strongly arched; lateral margin extending lateroventrally; postocular eminence ridged; longitudinal median carina strong (
Fig. 2
A). Mesonotum tricarinate (
Fig. 2
A). Metatibia with seven spines apically; basal segment of metatarsi with eight spines apically. Tegmina with costal margin slightly convex at base; apical and sutural margins truncate; apical angle rounded; sutural angle quadrate; vein Cu once forked, the branches joining postclaval margin (
Fig. 2
C).
Male genitalia: Pygofer ring-like. Genital style triangular with a short process at dorsal apex (
Fig. 1
B). Anal tube arched in lateral view (
Fig. 1
B). Phallobase tubular, basal portion with an obtuse projection; apical portion with two pairs of processes, cephalad pair long and slightly sinuate, reaching base of phallus, the other pair small and hook-like (
Fig. 1
B). Theca entirely enclosed by phallobase; with a pair of branched processes at apex; ventral margin of lower branch toothed, upper branch straight (
Fig. 1
B).
Material examined.
13,
Thailand
,
v.1992
, Korat (
ANIC
).
Distribution.
Bangladesh
;
China
;
India
;
Malaysia
;
Nepal
;
Sri Lanka
;
Thailand
.
No Remarks.