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Habitus, dorsal view on Acanthoflata Fennah, 1947: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Acanthoflata Fennah, 1947: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Acanthoflata Fennah, 1947: (Observation).
Head on Acanthoflata Fennah, 1947: (Observation).
Other on Acanthoflata Fennah, 1947: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Acanthoflata Fennah, 1947b: 114.

    type species by original designation Rhynchopteryx salina Dozier, 1927

  • Acanthoflata Fennah, 1947 (classified as Phromniaria Distant, 1906)
  • Acanthoflata Fennah, 1947 (classified as Selizaria Distant, 1906) in Hendrix, Wilson, Halbert & Bartlett, 2026: 387.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Fennah, R.G. (1947b) Notes on West Indian Flatidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 60, 107–118.
  • Hendrix, S.V., Wilson, S.W., Halbert, S.E. & Bartlett, C.R. (2026) The wily planthopper: A new genus and species of Flatidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea) from Florida with implications for the American Selizini. Zootaxa, 5759(4), 383–411. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5759.4.2

Type

type species by original designation of Acanthoflata Fennah, 1947

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: άκανθα (thorn, spine) + Flata

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species1001
Subspecies2068