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Family: Flatidae (flatid planthoppers)
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa
> Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum:
Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
Atelocerata > Panhexapoda >
Hexapoda
> Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota >
Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Paraneoptera > Condylognatha
> Hemiptera (bugs) >
Auchenorrhyncha > Fulgoroidea
Unidentified flatid found in Cape Peninsula. |
Calauria sulciceps photographed on a sedge
(Cyperaceae). |
The broad triangular forewings of flatids held roof-like over the body make them
usually easily recognisable. They are plant suckers.
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