Pyrops spinolae

Pyrops spinolae[4] is a species of planthopper sometimes referred-to as the dark-horned lantern-fly (Vietnamese: ve sầu đầu đen). The species is named after Maximilian Spinola, the authority for the genus.

Pyrops spinolae
Specimen in Cat Tien National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Pyrops
Species:
P. spinolae
Binomial name
Pyrops spinolae
(Westwood, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Hotinus spinolae Walker, 1851[1]
  • Laternaria spinolae Schaum, 1850
  • Fulgora spinolae Westwood, 1842[2]
  • Hotinus nigrirostris Walker, 1858
  • Laternaria nigrirostris Walker, 1858: synonym of Fulgora spinolae Westwood, 1842[3]

This lantern bug is recorded from India and Indochina.[4] Previous references to two subspecies: P. spinolae condorinus (Lallemand, 1960) and P. s. spinolae (Westwood, 1842) appear to be invalid.

References
  1. Walker F (1851) List of the specimens of Homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 2: 261-636.
  2. Westwood JO (1842) Insectorum novorum centuria, auctore, Annals and Magazine of Natural History. London, 9: 118-119.
  3. 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.
  4. FLOW: Pyrops spinolae (Westwood, 1842) retrieved 9 June 2022
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