Pyrops maculatus

Pyrops maculatus

Pyrops maculatus
Pyrops maculatus in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Pyrops
Species:
P. maculatus
Binomial name
Pyrops maculatus
(Olivier, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fulgora macularia Olivier, 1791
  • Fulgora maculata Olivier, 1791
  • Gulgora maculata Olivier, 1791

Pyrops maculatus is a species of planthopper belonging to the family Fulgoridae. A population is found in Sri Lanka while another is known from southwestern India.[2]

Subspecies

Subspecies are:[2][3]

  • Pyrops maculatus delessertii (Guérin-Méneville, 1840) – found in the Western Ghats of India, treated as Pyrops delessertii by some
  • Pyrops maculatus fulvirostris (Walker, 1858) - Sri Lanka
  • Pyrops maculatus maculatus (Olivier, 1791)

Distribution

This species is present in Sri Lanka[4] and southern India.[2]

Description

Pyrops maculatus can reach a length of 30–40 mm (1.2–1.6 in). This species shows large white spots on tegmina and a broad brown area along all sutural margin.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Catalogue of Life : Pyrops maculatus (Olivier, 1791)". catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  2. ^ a b c Bourgoin Th. (2019). "FLOW (Fulgoromorpha Lists on The Web): a world knowledge base dedicated to Fulgoromorpha. Version 8". Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Pyrops maculatus". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b Constant, Jérôme & Mohan, Ashwini Venkatanarayana (2017). "The lanternflies from Andaman and Nicobar: one new Pyrops species, new records and illustrated key to the species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)". Belgian Journal of Entomology. 49: 1–24.
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