Flata ferrugata Fabricius, 1803

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

2. Flata ferrugata Fabricius, 1803

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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.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Flata ferrugata Fabricius; A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. face; C. adult, left lateral view. (PE: postocular eminence; PM: postclaval margin)

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)