genus

Cryptoflata Melichar, 1902

Descendants and synonyms

Cryptoflata Melichar, 1902a: 19.
type species by original designation Fulgora unipunctata Olivier, 1792
Crytoflata [sic] Melichar, 1902 in Lallemand, 1952b: 169.

Crytoflata [sic] Melichar, 1902 (misspelling of Cryptoflata Melichar, 1902) in Lallemand, 1952b: 169.
Cryptoflata Melichar, 1902 (classified as Flatina Spinola, 1839) in Ai, Bourgoin, Bu & Zhang, 2026: 6.

Fulgora unipunctata Olivier, 1792 type species by original designation of Cryptoflata Melichar, 1902

No descendants observations found

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: κρυπτός (hidden, secret) + Flata

Ai, D.-Q., Bourgoin, T., Bu, W. & Zhang, Y.-L. (2026) Toward a new phylogeny-based classification of Flatidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha): a diversification shaped by angiosperm expansion. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 216, 1–13. [2025; no zoobank registration] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108508
Lallemand, V. (1952b) Mission A. Villiers au Togo et au Dahomey (1950). IX. Hémiptères, Homoptères. Bulletin de l'Institut Française d'Afrique Noire, (Series A, Sciences Naturelles), 14(1), 164–169.

Melichar, L. (1902a) Monographie der Acanoloniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera) (Fortsetzung). Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 17(1), 1–253 + pls. 1–9.