We consider tight-binding single-particle lattice Hamiltonians which are invariant under an antiunitary antisymmetry: the anti-$\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry. The Hermitian Hamiltonians are defined on $d$-dimensional non-Bravais lattices. For an odd number of sublattices, the anti-$\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry protects a flatband at energy $E=0$. We derive the anti-$\mathcal{PT}$ constraints on the Hamiltonian and use them to generate examples of generalized kagome networks in two and three lattice dimensions. Furthermore, we show that the anti-$\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry persists in the presence of uniform DC fields and ensures the presence of flatbands in the corresponding irreducible Wannier-Stark band structure. We provide examples of the Wannier-Stark band structure of generalized kagome networks in the presence of DC fields, and their implementation using Floquet engineering.

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• Electrical conductivity
• Stark effect
• Symmetry protected topological states
• Electronically polarized systems
• Lattices
• Discrete symmetries in condensed matter
• Lattice models in condensed matter
• Symmetries in condensed matter