Pyrops maculatus

Pyrops maculatus
Pyrops maculatus. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Family:Fulgoridae
Genus:Pyrops
Species: P. maculatus
Binomial name
Pyrops maculatus
(Olivier, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Fulgora macularia Olivier, 1791
  • Fulgora maculata Olivier, 1791
  • Gulgora maculata Olivier, 1791

[1]

Pyrops maculatus is a species of planthopper belonging to the family Fulgoridae; occurrence records include Sri Lanka (GBIF).

Subspecies

Subspecies include:[2]

  • Pyrops maculatus delessertii (Guérin-Méneville, 1940)
  • Pyrops maculatus fulvirostris (Walker, 1858)
  • Pyrops maculatus maculatus (Olivier, 1791)

Distribution

This species is present in Sri Lanka.[3]

Description

Pyrops maculatus can reach a length of 30–40 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in). This species shows large white spots on tegmina and a broad brown area along all sutural margin.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Catalogue of Life : Pyrops maculatus (Olivier, 1791)". catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  2. ↑ "Pyrops maculatus". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  3. 1 2 Jérôme Constant, Ashwini V Mohan The lanternflies from Andaman and Nicobar: one new Pyrops species, new records and illustrated key to the species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae


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