| Pyrops maculatus | |
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| Pyrops maculatus in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Genus: | Pyrops |
| Species: | P. maculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrops maculatus (Olivier, 1791)
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| Synonyms1 | |
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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:23
- 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 Lanka4 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
References
- "Catalogue of Life : Pyrops maculatus (Olivier, 1791)". catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
- Bourgoin Th. (2019). "FLOW (Fulgoromorpha Lists on The Web): a world knowledge base dedicated to Fulgoromorpha. Version 8". Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- "Pyrops maculatus". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- 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.