Flatidae

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Family of planthoppers

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::summary Family of planthoppers ::

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  • Flatoidinae
  • Flatinae ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/2007-Flatid-nymph.jpg" caption="Flatid nymph from [[Assam]], [[India"] ::

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Flatidae are a family of fulgoroid planthoppers. Communication may be with mates, or with ants that tend the nymphs, protecting them and gathering honeydew secretions. Adults of some species have brightly coloured forewings which are tougher and known as tegmina unlike the membranous hindwings which are used for flight. Although a few can be identified by their coloration, most species requires dissection and examination under a microscope with access to literature on already described species.

There are two subfamilies within the family. In the subfamily Flatinae, the body of adults is flattened laterally and the tegmina are tent-like. In the Flatoidinae, the body is not laterally compressed and the tegmina are not as tent-like and sometimes held horizontally. The wing venation is distinctive in that the veins in the anal region are nodose, and the costal area has numerous cross veins. The antennae are small and the first segment is collar-like and small. The second segment is longer and ends in a bulge and a flagellum arises from it. They have two ocelli. Nymphs have a tail of waxy filaments.

Subfamilies and genera

Genera within the family Flatidae include:

[[Flatinae]]

Auth.: Spinola, 1839; selected genera: ;tribe Ceryniini Distant, 1906

Flatoidinae

Auth.: Melichar, 1901

''[[incertae sedis]]''

References

References

  1. (2007). "Vibrational Communication of ''Metcalfa pruinosa'' (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Flatidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
  2. (2007). "Trophobiosis in a tropical rainforest on Borneo: giant ants ''Camponotus gigas'' (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) herd wax cicadas ''Bythopsyrna circulata'' (Auchenorrhyncha: Flatidae)". Asian Myrmecology.
  3. Stephen W. Wilson. (2005). "Keys to the families of Fulgoromorpha with emphasis on planthoppers of potential economic importance in the Southeastern United States (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha)". [[Florida Entomologist]].
  4. F. Muir. (1923). "On the classification of the Fulgoroidea (Homoptera)". [[Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society]].
  5. Bourgoin Th. (2013) [http://hemiptera-databases.org/flow/?page=explorer&db=flow&lang=en&card=taxon&rank=family&id=5079&limit=genus Hemiptera Database - FLOW (Fulgoromorpha Lists on The Web): a world knowledge base dedicated to Fulgoromorpha. Version 8.]
  6. [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id17069/ BioLib.cz: family Flatidae Spinola, 1839 (retrieved 29 August 2020)]
  7. (26 January 2017). "The insects killing Fraser Island's pandanus population".
  8. Coghill, Jon. (29 October 2015). "Rangers turn to tiny native wasp to save Fraser Island's iconic pandanus population". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
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