Planthoppers

Falcophantis Fletcher, 1988

Type species: Falcophantis acuminatus Fletcher, 1988

Fauna Portal Genus Number: 429

(after Fletcher 1988): Head structure indicates affinity with Phantiopsis but the short carinae representing the anterior margin of the vertex indicate that the vertex is short and transverse in Phantiopsis and triangularly produced in Falcophantis. The conical extension of the head is thus entirely frontal in origin in Phantiopsis whereas in Falcophantis the vertex forms the dorsal part of the cone. The structure of the tegmen is quite different in the two genera. In Phantiopsis the tegmen is short, convex with subreticulate venation and a clear subapical line. In Falcophantis the tegmen is produced posteriorly to an acute point, the venation is normal, although rather obscure, and there is no indication of a subapical line.