Pyrops coelestinus
Pyrops coelestinus | |
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Specimen in Cat Tien National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
Family: | Fulgoridae |
Genus: | Pyrops |
Species: | P. coelestinus |
Binomial name | |
Pyrops coelestinus (Stål, 1863) | |
Synonyms | |
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Pyrops coelestinus, previously known as Laternaria coelestina,[2] is a species of planthopper belonging to a genus referred-to as lantern-bugs, sometimes known as the blue lantern bug (Vietnamese: ve sầu xanh).
Distribution and description
This species is found in Indochina: both P. coelestinus and P. ducalis have type specimens from Cambodia, with relatively recent records for the insect fauna of Vietnam.[3]
The head, and cephalic process are grey-black with numerous white spots (see figure) and the hind wings (not shown) are royal blue with a black zone around the wing tip.
References
- ^ Stål C. (1863) Hemipterorum exoticorum generum et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptiones. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (Ser. 3), 1: 571-603.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 'A step further in the Entomodiversity of Vietnam' (accessed 19/12/2016)
External links
- Data related to Pyrops at Wikispecies