Pyrops maculatus

Pyrops maculatus
Pyrops maculatus in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Family:	Fulgoridae
Genus:	Pyrops
Species:	P. maculatus
Binomial name
Pyrops maculatus (Olivier, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
Fulgora maculariaOlivier, 1791 Fulgora maculataOlivier, 1791 Gulgora maculataOlivier, 1791

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: ^{[2] [3]}

• 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 Lanka ^[4] 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

1. "Catalogue of Life : Pyrops maculatus (Olivier, 1791)". catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
2. Bourgoin Th. (2019). "FLOW (Fulgoromorpha Lists on The Web): a world knowledge base dedicated to Fulgoromorpha. Version 8" . Retrieved 27 February 2021.
3. "Pyrops maculatus". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
4. 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.

External links

• Media related to Pyrops maculatus at Wikimedia Commons