Biology:Fulgora
| Fulgora | |
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| Fulgora sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Tribe: | Fulgorini |
| Genus: | Fulgora Linnaeus, 1767[1] |
The fulgorid genus Fulgora contains several large Central and South American planthoppers known by a large variety of common names including lantern fly, peanut bug, peanut-headed lanternfly, alligator bug, machaca, and jequitiranaboia (the latter terms used in the Amazon region and elsewhere in Brazil ).
Species
Species are mostly similar in appearance, with differences in the shape of the head (often quite subtle), and patterns of wing coloration; there is some confusion regarding the validity of some of the currently recognised species.[2] Some individuals can measure up to 75 mm (3 inches). The type species of Fulgora is Cicada laternaria Linnaeus 1758, designated under the Plenary Powers by ICZN (1954: 185); now Fulgora laternaria, it is the most well-known and widespread species.
Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web[3] includes:
- Fulgora caerulescens Olivier, 1791
- Fulgora castresii Guérin-Méneville, 1837
- Fulgora cearensis (Da Fonseca, 1932)
- Fulgora graciliceps Blanchard, 1849
- †Fulgora granulosa Scudder, 1878
- Fulgora intricata (Walker, 1857)
- Fulgora lampetis Burmeister, 1845
- Fulgora laternaria (Linné, 1758) - type species
- Fulgora lucifera Germar, 1821
- †Fulgora obticescens Scudder, 1890
- Fulgora orthocephala (Da Fonseca, 1926)
- †Fulgora populata Scudder, 1890
Similar species
Old World species previously assigned to this genus include the Asian genus Pyrops and at least two southern African spp. incertae sedis:
- "Fulgora coccinea" Olivier, 1791
- "Fulgora limbata" Olivier, 1791[4]
Gallery
Fulgora castresii
Fulgora lampetis
Fulgora lampetis - museum specimen
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References
- ↑ Linné C (1767) II. Hemiptera. In: Linné C. 1767 - Systema Naturae. Editio duodecima, reformata, 1. p. 703-712. [730]
- ↑ O'Brien, L.B. 1991(1988): New World Fulgoridae, part 1: genera with elongate head processes. Great Basin naturalist memoirs, (12): 135-170. abstract and pdf
- ↑ Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): genus Fulgora Linné, 1767 (retrieved 4 September 2023)
- ↑ GBIF: Fulgora limbata Olivier, 1791 (retrieved 4 September 2023)
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1953465 entry
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