Phrictus

Phrictus is a genus of bugs in the subfamily Fulgorinae and tribe Fulgorini, erected by Maximilian Spinola in 1839.[1] They are sometimes called "dragon-headed bugs" and species have been recorded from central and South America.[2]

Phrictus
Phrictus tripartitus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Subfamily: Fulgorinae
Tribe: Fulgorini
Subtribe: Fulgorina
Genus: Phrictus
Spinola, 1839

Species

Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web[2] includes:

  1. Phrictus auromaculatus Distant, 1905
  2. Phrictus buechei Bourgoin & Arnaud, 2004
  3. Phrictus delicatus O'Brien, 1991
  4. Phrictus diadema (Linné, 1767) - type species
  5. Phrictus diligens O'Brien, 1991
  6. Phrictus hoffmannsi Schmidt, 1905
  7. Phrictus minutacanthis Caldwell, 1945
  8. Phrictus moebiusi Schmidt, 1905
  9. Phrictus notatus Lallemand, 1931
  10. Phrictus ocellatus Signoret, 1855
  11. Phrictus punctatus Caldwell, 1945
  12. Phrictus quinquepartitus Distant, 1883
  13. Phrictus regalis Caldwell, 1945
  14. Phrictus sordidus Caldwell, 1945
  15. Phrictus tripartitus Metcalf, 1938
  16. Phrictus xanthopterus Schmidt, 1910

References

  1. Spinola M (1839) Essai sur les Fulgorelles, sous-tribu de la tribu des Cicadaires, ordre des Rhyngotes. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Paris 8: 133-337 [216].
  2. Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): genus Phrictus Spinola, 1839 (retrieved 30 August 2023)
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