Pyrops connectens

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Pyrops connectens
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Pyrops connectens being attended to by a cockroach
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Pyrops
Species:
P. connectens
Binomial name
Pyrops connectens
(Atkinson, 1885) [1]

Pyrops connectens is a species of planthoppers from the Fulgoridae family. [2]

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Identification

The species is most similar to Pyrops spinolae in colour, but the shape of the cephalic process and the pattern and the size of the spots on the tegmen. The size of the spots on the tegmina will also distinguish it from series with same or similar shape of cephalic process, like Pyrops coelestinus . The base of the hindwing are white or pale blue with 4-5 concolorous spots outside of the patch. [3]

Distribution

It is found in Myanmar and Thailand. [4]

Etymology

The species epithet connectens relates to connecting or linking. [5]

References

  1. "Pyrops connectens (Atkinson, 1885)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility .
  2. https://flow.hemiptera-databases.org/flowpdf/644.pdf
  3. "Observations". iNaturalist.
  4. "Planthoppers: FLOW Website". flow.hemiptera-databases.org.
  5. "TaxonPages: World Auchenorrhyncha Database - Pyrops connectens (Atkinson, 1885)". hoppers.speciesfile.org.