Fulgora (lat.) - a genus of semi-winged insects from the family of lanterns . About 10 species.
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Content
- 1 Distribution
- 2 Description
- 3 Classification
- 4 notes
Distribution
Neotropics : South and Central America [1] .
Description
Large species, characterized by an unusual shape of the head and coloring of the wings. Body length 65 - 105 mm, the main color is yellowish brown with black and white marks. Head with large bulges resembling peanuts in shape, the head of a crocodile or a snake with false eyes. The eighth and ninth abdominal tergites of females are approximately equal in length. They have many local names, especially in Amazonia ( lantern fly, peanut bug, peanut-headed lanternfly, alligator bug, machaca, jequitiranaboia ) [1] .
Side view of Fulgora castresii
Top view of Fulgora castresii
Classification
About 10 species [1] .
- Fulgora castresii Guérin-Méneville, 1837
- Fulgora cearensis (Fonseca, 1932) (= Laternaria cearensis )
- Fulgora crocodilia Brailovsky & Beutelspacher, 1978 [2]
- Fulgora graciliceps Blanchard, 1849 (= Fulgora orthocephala , Laternaria orthocephala )
- Fulgora lampetis Burmeister, 1845 (= Fulgora caerulescens )
- Fulgora laternaria ( Linnaeus , 1758) (= Cicada laternaria ) typus [3]
- Fulgora lucifera Germar, 1821
- Fulgora riograndensis (Fonseca, 1926)
- Fulgora servillei Spinola, 1839
The species Fulgora nigripennis Chou & Wang in Chou et al., 1985 [4] was transferred to the genus Pyrops ( Pyrops nigripennis ) [5]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 O'Brien, LB 1991 (1988): New World Fulgoridae, part 1: genera with elongate head processes. Great Basin naturalist memoirs , ( 12 ): 135-170. abstract and pdf
- ↑ Brailovsky A., H .; Beutelspacher B., CR 1978: Una nueva especie de Fulgora Linneo (Homoptera: Fulgoridae) de Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Serie Zoologia, 49: 175-182.
- ↑ ICZN 185 . biodiversitylibrary.org
- ↑ Chou, I .; Wang, S .; Huang, J. 1985: [Description of new species of Fulgoroidea from China (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea).] Entomotaxonomia, 7 (1): 29-38.
- ↑ Liang, A.-P. 1998: Nomenclatorial notes on the Oriental lantern fly genus Pyrops Spinola (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Fulgoridae). Acta zootaxonomica sinica, 23 (1): 41-47.]