Flata punctipennis ( Distant, 1910 )

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 : 11

6. Flata punctipennis ( Distant, 1910)

( Figs. 7 , 8 )

Cryptoflata guttularis punctipennis Distant, 1910: 302

Flata punctipennis (Distant) , Medler, 1990: 177, new combination

Type. Lectotype 3, (not examined), designated by Medler, 1990: 177, ( BMNH); paralectotype, 1Ƥ, (not examined), China ( BMNH); 23, 1Ƥ, (not examined), N. China ( BMNH).

Color. Body and tegmina green with yellow; vertex and frons faded testaceous; margins and carinae of head brown; eyes dark brown; pronotum green with white waxy powder; mesonotum faded green; tegmina marked with many small round black spots ( Fig. 7 ).

Morphology. Body length: 18 mm.

Head: Vertex 4.7 times wider than long; frons almost as long as wide; frontoclypeal suture shallowly convex; rostrum extending to meso-trochanter ( Figs. 7 , 8 ).

Thorax: Pronotum anterior margin convex; lateral margin extending lateroventrally, almost articulated with postocular eminence. Mesonotum posterior angle about 80°. Metatibia with six spines apically; basal segment of metatarsi with nine spines. Tegmina with costal margin slightly convex at base; apical margin elongate convex; sutural margin truncate; apical and sutural angles rounded; vein Cu once forked, the branches joining postclaval margin ( Fig.7 D).

Male genitalia: Pygofer quadrangular; anterior margin truncate ( Fig. 8 D). Genital style triangular with a short process at dorsal apex ( Fig. 8 D). Anal tube in lateral view large and long, widest subapically, bent down at midlength ( Fig. 8 D). Phallobase tubular at base; dorsolateral lobe slender ( Fig. 8 E); apex each side with two processes, inner one small and zigzag, outer one long and directed cephalad ( Fig. 8 F); lateral emargination slightly concave ( Fig. 8 E); ventral lobe short, with three spine-like short processes ( Figs. 8 E, G). Theca with one small paw-like process at base third on each lateral side ( Figs. 8 E, H); apex bipartite, each side with two processes, anterior one as long as phallus, and heavily branched, posterior one simple and circled in dorsal view ( Figs. 8 E, H).

Material examined. CHINA, Sichuan Province: 1Ƥ, Mt. Emei, 11.ix.1988, Shu Ling ( NWAFU); 13, 1Ƥ, Mt. Emei, 21.vii.1991 ( NWAFU); 1Ƥ, Mt. Emei, 24.vii.1991 ( NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Sichuan); India.

No Remarks.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Flata punctipennis (Distant); A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. face; C. head and thorax, left lateral view; D. tegmen.

FIGURE 8. Flata punctipennis (Distant); A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. head and thorax, left lateral view; C. face; D. male genitalia, left lateral view; E. phallus, left lateral view; F. phallobase, dorsal view; G. ventral lobe of phallobase, ventral view; H. theca, dorsal view. (a: dorsolateral lobe of phallobase; b: inner process of phallobase; c: outer process of phallobase; d: lateral emargination of phallobase; e: ventral lobe; f: process of thecal flank; g: anterior process of theca; h: posterior process of theca).