Barsac shows affinity with Massila; the rounded apex of the tegmen and the brown coloration make members of this genus quite distinctive.
Flatid Planthoppers
Flatidae Spinola, 1839
Type genus: Flata Fabricius, 1798
(after Fletcher 2009): Fulgoroid planthoppers with the clavus of the forewing having conspicuous granules.
Barsac
1 species
The conical extension of the head is entirely frontal in origin in Phantiopsis whereas in Falcophantis the vertex forms the dorsal part of the cone.
Falcophantis
1 species
Massila is an endemic Australian genus showing affinity to Dascalina and Barsac.
Massila
1 species
Head short or produced. Frons slightly convex to flat, medially carinate. Lateral carinae very short or obsolete. Tegmen triangular with apical angle rounded and sutural angle obtusely rounded, rightangled or slightly acute. Tegmen without subapical lines.
Siphanta
1 species
Publications
Fletcher MJ (1988): The Australian genera of Flatidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). General and Applied Entomology. 20: 9 - 32
Fletcher MJ (2009): Identification keys and checklists for the leafhoppers, planthoppers and their relatives occurring in Australia and neighbouring areas (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). WEB
Harry Butler Institute
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N16268-5
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28 September 2019
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Western Australia
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Barrow Island, Production Village
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suction sample
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COI
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