Biology:Pyrops maculatus
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Short description: Species of true bug
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Genus: | Pyrops |
| Species: | P. maculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrops maculatus (Olivier, 1791)
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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
- ↑ "Catalogue of Life : Pyrops maculatus (Olivier, 1791)". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/a0cdf2bcf11b00729db062cd4f85ea38. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bourgoin Th. (2019). "FLOW (Fulgoromorpha Lists on The Web): a world knowledge base dedicated to Fulgoromorpha. Version 8". https://www.hemiptera-databases.org/flow/?db=flow&page=home&lang=en.
- ↑ "Pyrops maculatus". https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id917411/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318018130.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q38917303 entry
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