genus

Flata Fabricius, 1798

Descendants and synonyms

Flata Fabricius, 1798a: 517.
type species by subsequent designation Cicada ocellata Fabricius, 1775 in Spinola, 1839b: 421
Flatta [sic] Fabricius, 1798 in Montrouzier, 1855a: 111.
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Flatissa Metcalf, 1938 (objective synonym of Flata Fabricius, 1798) in Metcalf, 1957a: 154.
Flata Fabricius, 1798 (classified as Flatina Spinola, 1839) in Ai, Bourgoin, Bu & Zhang, 2026: 6.

Cicada ocellata Fabricius, 1775 type species by subsequent designation of Flata Fabricius, 1798

No descendants observations found

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: flatus (soul, breathing, blowing)

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
Fabricius, J.C. (1798a) Ryngota. In Supplementum entomologiae systematicae. Proft et Storch, Hafniae. pp. 511–524. [572 pp.]
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Montrouzier, X. (1855a) Essai sur la faune de l'Ille de Woodlark ou Moiou. Annales de la Société Agr. Lyon (Ser. 2), 7(1), 1–114.
Spinola, M. (1839b) Essai sur les Fulgorelles, sous-tribu de la tribu des Cicadaires, ordre des Rhyngotes. (Suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 8(2), 339–454, pl. 8.