Pyrops sultana
Pyrops sultana is a species of lanternfly found on the island of Borneo.
| Pyrops sultana | |
|---|---|
| Pyrops sultana near Mulu, in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Genus: | Pyrops |
| Species: | P. sultana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrops sultana (Adams, 1847) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Identification
The head projection, which is also known as a cephalic process, is red, and yellow or peach below. This, along with the mostly white tegmen, will distinguish this species from all other Pyrops except Pyrops erectus, which has the cephalic process strongly recurved upwards in the apical half.[1] That species is found in Java, so their ranges do not overlap.
Variability
This species can have the basal 2/3rds of each tegmen white, or black with white veins.[2] This form with the black basal 2/3rds was previously considered a separate species.[3]
References
- Baker, C.F. (1925). "Remarks on certain Indo-Malayan Fulgora, with special reference to Philippine species" (PDF). The Philippine Journal of Science. 28 (3): 343–364.
- Constant, Jérôme; Pham, Thai (2022). "The Lanternfly genus Pyrops in Vietnam: A new species from Central Vietnam, taxonomic changes, checklist, identification key (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (813): 123–154. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.813.1741.
- Entomologische Zeitung. 1905.
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