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Pyrops spinolae

Pyrops spinolae is a species of planthopper sometimes referred-to as the dark-horned lantern-fly. The species is named after Maximilian Spinola, the authority for the genus.

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Pyrops spinolae
Specimen in Namdhapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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. spinolae
Binomial name
Pyrops spinolae
(Westwood, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Hotinus spinolae Walker, 18511
  • Laternaria spinolae Schaum, 1850
  • Fulgora spinolae Westwood, 18422
  • Hotinus nigrirostris Walker, 1858
  • Laternaria nigrirostris Walker, 1858: synonym of Fulgora spinolae Westwood, 18423

Pyrops spinolae4 is a species of planthopper sometimes referred-to as the dark-horned lantern-fly (Vietnamese: ve sầu đầu đen). The species is named after Maximilian Spinola, the authority for the genus.

This lantern bug is recorded from India and Indochina.4 Pyrops condorinus from southern Thailand was once considered as a subspecies.(5

References

References

  1. Walker F (1851) List of the specimens of Homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 2: 261-636.
  2. Westwood JO (1842) Insectorum novorum centuria, auctore, Annals and Magazine of Natural History. London, 9: 118-119.
  3. Lallemand V (1963) Révision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxième partie. faunes asiatique et Australienne. Mémoires de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 2e série 75: 1-99.
  4. FLOW: Pyrops spinolae (Westwood, 1842) retrieved 9 June 2022
  5. Lallemand V (1960) in: Nagai S & Porion T (1996) Fulgoridae 2: Catalogue illustré des faunes asiatique et australienne. 80 Pp. Sciences Nat, Compiègne (France).