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: 421
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Size medium to large, from
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Oriental Region;
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; Africa;
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.
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There are seven species and one variety listed in Metcalfs catalogue,
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Becker
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,
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F6029476CB9EFA3D0BFE" box="[1330,1435,1240,1264]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">ferrugata</emphasis>
Fabricius
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,
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Fabricius
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,
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Fabricius,
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F60293F6CBBBFCAC0A1A" box="[690,778,1277,1300]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">rostrata</emphasis>
Montrouzier
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,
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F60292F7CBBAFBAB0A1A" box="[947,1037,1276,1300]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">stellaris</emphasis>
Walker
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,
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F602953DCBBBFB530A1A" box="[1145,1269,1277,1300]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">tripunctata</emphasis>
Fabricius
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and
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F60291D3CA66FF570A36" box="[151,241,1312,1336]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">stellaris</emphasis>
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var.
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Melichar. The
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species
<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F602938ACA67FC9E0A36" box="[718,824,1313,1336]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">F. m i n u t a</emphasis>
was moved to the genus
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F6029537CA66FB710A36" box="[1139,1239,1312,1336]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Siphanta</emphasis>
Stål
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by
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. The genus was redefined and restricted to the Oriental Region by
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. The species
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(
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,
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F6029047CA2FFEFA0A8E" box="[259,348,1385,1408]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">rostrata</emphasis>
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(
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) and
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(Africa)
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are unknown to the current authors and probably dont belong to
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F6029003CACAFE250AAA" box="[327,387,1420,1444]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Flata</emphasis>
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. They are listed with their current combination below but their morphological characters need to be checked to determine their true generic affinities. They are not included in the key to species below. The original description of the Indian species
<taxonomicName id="4C78B6CC4866F602930FCA92FD320AE2" box="[587,660,1492,1516]" class="Insecta" family="Flatidae" genus="Flata" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lyncea">
<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F602930FCA92FD320AE2" box="[587,660,1492,1516]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">lyncea</emphasis>
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from Fabricius is quite simple and without any figures, so its “an uncertain species of which no exact information” (
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), so is listed as
<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F6029558CABFFB11091E" box="[1052,1207,1528,1552]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">incertae sedis</emphasis>
at the end. The species
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F602918DC95AFE7E093A" box="[201,472,1564,1588]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Cryptoflata flavoguttata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was treated as a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C78B6CC4866F6029267C95AFC66093A" box="[803,960,1564,1588]" class="Insecta" family="Flatidae" genus="Flata" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ocellata">
<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F6029267C95AFC66093A" box="[803,960,1564,1588]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Flata ocellata</emphasis>
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by
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, but it was changed to a variety of
<taxonomicName id="4C78B6CC4866F6029048C906FE0D0956" box="[268,427,1600,1624]" class="Insecta" family="Flatidae" genus="Flata" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stellaris">
<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F6029048C906FE0D0956" box="[268,427,1600,1624]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Flata stellaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Metcalfs catalogue,
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reviewed this species and treated
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F60295A8C906FEA70972" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Cryptoflata flavoguttata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a synonym of
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F6029081C922FDC50972" box="[453,611,1636,1660]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Flata stellaris</emphasis>
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again.
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The genus
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F6029000C9CEFE2709AE" box="[324,385,1672,1696]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Flata</emphasis>
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is widespread in the Oriental Region and there are two species recorded from
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C78B6CC4866F602947BC9CFFF6F09CA" class="Insecta" family="Flatidae" genus="Flata" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrugata">
<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F602947BC9CFFF6F09CA" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">F. ferrugata</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C78B6CC4866F6029044C9EBFE2F09CA" box="[256,393,1708,1732]" class="Insecta" family="Flatidae" genus="Flata" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guttularis">
<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F6029044C9EBFE2F09CA" box="[256,393,1708,1732]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">F. guttularis</emphasis>
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. In particular,
<taxonomicName id="4C78B6CC4866F602936AC9EBFD1109CA" box="[558,695,1708,1732]" class="Insecta" family="Flatidae" genus="Flata" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guttularis">
<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F602936AC9EBFD1109CA" box="[558,695,1708,1732]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">F. guttularis</emphasis>
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was recorded as widespread in Guangdong,
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and the north of
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, but from the specimens we have examined,
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F602924BC997FC3D09E6" box="[783,923,1744,1768]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">F. guttularis</emphasis>
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is a complex of similar species only distinguished by characters of the male genitalia. Specimens from different provinces have a strong superficial resemblance to each other but such specimens can be distinguished by the male genitalia.
<bibRefCitation id="EFE9B0BE4866F6029512C85EFB5F083E" author="Medler" box="[1110,1273,1816,1840]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" refString="Medler, J. T. (1990) Types of Flatidae XIV. Walker and Distant types in the British Museum. Oriental Insects, 24, 127 - 195." type="journal article" year="1990">Medler (1990)</bibRefCitation>
illustrated the male genitalia of the
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of
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<emphasis id="B90C115D4866F602934FC87BFD35085A" box="[523,659,1852,1876]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">F. guttularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which is from
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,
<collectingCountry id="F36F8DDF4866F60292EFC87AFBB3085A" box="[939,1045,1852,1876]" name="Malaysia" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
.
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