| Flatinae | |
|---|---|
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| Cryptoflata unipunctata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Flatidae |
| Subfamily: | Flatinae Spinola, 1839 |
The Flatinae are a subfamily of planthoppers, erected by Maximilian Spinola in 1839. [1] Genera have been recorded from all continents except Antarctica: especially in tropical and subtropical regions. [2]
Like all other planthoppers, they suck phloem from plants. The antennae are small and the second segment is longer and ends in a bulge and a flagellum arises from it. They have two ocelli and nymphs have a tail of waxy filaments. Of the two sub-families in the Flatidae, the bodies of adult Flatinae are flattened laterally and the tegmina are tent-like (unlike the Flatoidinae, where the body is not laterally compressed and the tegmina are not as tent-like). [3]
Eight tribes are included by Fulgoromorpha Lists on The Web (FLOW) [2] and BioLib: [4]
Auth. Distant, 1906
Auth. Spinola, 1839
Auth. Distant, 1906
Auth. Melichar, 1923
Auth. Distant, 1906
Auth. Kirkaldy, 1907
Auth. Distant, 1906
Auth. Melichar, 1923