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Genus Flatoidinus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
Family Flatidae (Flatid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Flatoidinae
Genus Flatoidinus
Explanation of Names
Flatoidinus Melichar 1923
Numbers
1 sp. in our area, 23 total(1)
Flatoidinus punctatus (Walker, 1851): FL, GA; West Indies
Range
se US, W. Indies & Mesoamerica(1)
Remarks
Flatoidinus acutus (Uhler, 1901) was likely recorded from the southeastern U.S. in error. It is present in Puerto Rico.
Flatoidinus bifidus (Caldwell & Martorell, 1951), Flatoidinus fumatus (Melichar, 1902), Flatoidinus pseudopunctatus (Ramos, 1947), and Flatoidinus quadripunctatus (Wolcott, 1950) are all found in Puerto Rico. Flatoidinus spinosus (Caldwell & Martorell, 1951) found in the Virgin Islands.
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 25 October, 2005 - 2:57pm
Additional contributions by v belov, antarctica
Last updated 22 October, 2020 - 4:48pm

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