Flata guttularis ( Walker, 1857 )

Peng, Ling-Fei, Fletcher, Murray J. & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2012, Review of the Oriental planthopper genus Flata Fabricius (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Flatidae) with the description of five new species, Zootaxa 3399, pp. 1-22 : 5-7

3. Flata guttularis ( Walker, 1857)

( Fig. 1 C)

Nephesa guttularis Walker, 1857: 160

Flata guttularis (Walker) , Stål, 1862: 490

Cryptoflata guttularis (Walker) , Melichar, 1902: 73 Flata guttularis (Walker) , Medler, 1996a: 45

Phyma griseopunctata Schmidt, 1904: 197 , synonymised by Medler, 1999: 23 Lawana griseopunctata (Schmidt) , Melichar, 1923: 48 Flata griseopunctata (Schmidt) , Medler, 1996b: 141

Type. Holotype of N. guttularis 3, (not examined), Sarawak ( BMNH). Lectotype of P. griseopunctata Ƥ, (not examined), designated by Medler, 1996b: 141, Sumatra, Soekaranda, Dohrn ( ZMPA).

This species was not examined by the authors. The following description is from Medler (1996a).

“Body length 12 mm. Color green or faded, testaceous, tegmina often with white waxy powder that may partially obscure scattered small round dark spots; postclaval margin apical angle convex. Hind leg spine formula 2:6:7.” Figures of the genitalia of the holotype ( Fig. 1 C) were reproduced from Medler (1990). Other characters as in the key to species.

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Hong Kong, Northern China); Indonesia; Japan; Myanmar. No Remarks.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A. Flata coromandelica (Spinola), adult, after Melichar (1902); B. Flata ferrugata Fabricius, male genitalia, left lateral view; C. Flata guttularis (Walker), male genitalia, left lateral view, after Medler (1990); D. Flata stellaris (Walker), male genitalia, left lateral view, after Medler (2006). (a: obtuse projection; b: cephalad process of phallobase; c: hook-like process of phallobase; d: toothed process of theca; e: straight process of theca)