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]
Paraflata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
Family: | Flatidae |
Tribe: | Phromniini |
Genus: | Paraflata Melichar, 1901 |
Species[1] | |
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Parasitism
editParaflata species are parasitized by the larvae of Epipyropidae moths.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Paraflata". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Paraflata". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Planthoppers: FLOW Website". hemiptera-databases.org. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ 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.