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Paraflata

Paraflata is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae. It was first described by Leopold Melichar in 1901. Species in the genus are found on Madagascar.

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Paraflata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Flatidae
Tribe: Phromniini
Genus: Paraflata
Melichar, 1901
Species1
  • Paraflata dewalschei (Lallemand, 1933)
  • Paraflata kingdomi Distant, 1910
  • Paraflata masoalae Swierczewski, Bourgoin & Stroinski, 2016
  • Paraflata seminigra (Stål, 1866)
  • Paraflata unispinosa Swierczewski, Bourgoin & Stroinski, 2016

Paraflata is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae. It was first described by Leopold Melichar in 1901.2 Species in the genus are found on Madagascar.3

Parasitism

Paraflata species are parasitized by the larvae of Epipyropidae moths.4

References

References

  1. "Paraflata". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. "Paraflata". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. "Planthoppers: FLOW Website". hemiptera-databases.org. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  4. Świerczewski, Dariusz; Bourgoin, Thierry; Stroiński, Adam (2016-03-01). "Revision of the Madagascan Genus Paraflata (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae), with Notes on Planthopper Hosts Parasitized by Epipyropidae Moths". Annales Zoologici. 66 (1): 57–82. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2016.66.1.005. ISSN 0003-4541.