The Fulgorinae are a sub-family of insects in the

Auchenorrhyncha The Auchenorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains most of the familiar members of what was called the "Homoptera" – groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs. The aphids and scale insects are the o ...

: which include the spectacular "lantern-bugs" and allied

insect Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ...

Tribes and genera

Nine genera are currently listed by the

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, but molecular studies question the placement of genera in the Zannini, even questioning whether they belong to the family

Fulgoridae The family Fulgoridae is a large group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, containing over 125 genera worldwide. They are mostly of moderate to large size, many with a superficial resemblance to Lepidoptera due t ...

. There have until recently been two tribes placed within Fulgorinae, but recent research suggests that the tribe Pyropsini should instead be placed within the subfamily

Aphaeninae The subfamily Aphaeninae is a group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, in the family Fulgoridae, or "lanternflies". The future of the Aphaeninae as a subfamily is unclear since the taxa assigned to it do not f ...

(e.g.,Jiaranaisakul, Kawin & Constant, Jérôme & Pinkaew, Nantasak. (2024). Review of the lanternfly genus ''Pyrops'' of Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) with notes and keys to species. Zootaxa. 5397. 47-79. 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.1.3.), leaving only a single tribe, Fulgorini.

Fulgorini

Auth.: Latreille, 1807 (central and southern America) ;subtribe Fulgorina Latreille, 1807 # ''Cathedra'' Kirkaldy, 1903 monotypic: ''

Cathedra serrata ''Cathedra serrata'' is a species of planthopper in the monotypic genus ''Cathedra'', recorded from Ecuador and Suriname; the Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of anima ...

'' # ''

Diareusa ''Diareusa'' is a genus of bugs in the subfamily Fulgorinae and tribe Fulgorini, erected by Francis Walker in 1839. Species have been recorded from central and South America. Species ''Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web'' includes: # '' Diareusa ...

'' Walker, 1858 # ''

Fulgora 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 (th ...

'' Linné, 1767 (type genus) # ''

Phrictus ''Phrictus'' is a genus of bugs in the subfamily Fulgorinae and tribe Fulgorini, erected by Maximilian Spinola Maximilian Spinola (; July 10, 1780 – November 12, 1857) was an Italian entomologist. Background Spinola was born in Pézen ...

'' Spinola, 1839 ;subtribe Odontopterina Metcalf, 1938 # ''

Aphrodisias Aphrodisias (; ) was a Hellenistic Greek city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Asia Minor, today's Anatolia in Turkey. It is located near the modern village of Geyre, about east/inland from the coast of the Aegean Sea, and s ...

'' Kirkaldy, 1906 # ''

Odontoptera ''Odontoptera'' is a genus of planthoppers in the family Fulgoridae and tribe Fulgorini: from Central and South America. Species The following species are listed: # '' Odontoptera carrenoi'' (Signoret, 1849) # '' Odontoptera spectabilis'' (Car ...

'' Carreno, 1841 Flickr - ggallice - Fulgorid.jpg, ''

'' sp. Cathedra serrata GLAM muséum Lille 2016.jpg, ''

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'' sp. Odontoptera carrenoi MHNTvol.jpg, ''

Odontoptera carrenoi ''Odontoptera carrenoi'' is a species lanternfly found in Central and South America. Identification Like other ''Odontoptera ''Odontoptera'' is a genus of planthoppers in the family Fulgoridae and tribe Fulgorini: from Central and South ...

'' Flickr - ggallice - Hopper (1).jpg, ''

Phrictus quinqueparitus ''Phrictus quinquepartitus'', also known as the wart-headed bug and the dragon-headed bug, is an insect belonging to the family Fulgoridae. They were described by English entomologist William Lucas Distant William Lucas Distant (12 November ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2382857 Hemiptera subfamilies

Tribes and genera

Fulgorini

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