Triangular Planthopper Falcophantis westcotti Fletcher, 1988
Fauna Portal species: 916
Falcophantis westcotti female, lateral (HBI N6016-39; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 10345Diagnosis
Falcophantis westcotti is the only species of the genus found on Barrow Island.
(after Fletcher 1988): Male genitalia with pygofer short with posterior margins straight (posterodorsal comer rounded in F. acuminatus), dorsal process not developed (strongly developed in F. acuminatus).
External illustrations of genitalia (terminalia) cannot be used to identify planthoppers at the species level; male genitalic preparations are generally required. These illustrations here only serve to facilitate to determine the sex for the user.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1988): The Australian genera of Flatidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). General and Applied Entomology. 20: 9 - 32