''Phrictus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
bugs in the subfamily
Fulgorinae
The Fulgorinae are a sub-family of insects in the Auchenorrhyncha: which include the spectacular "lantern-bugs" and allied insects.
Tribes and genera
Nine genera are currently listed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, NCBI, ...
and
tribe
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Fulgorini, erected by
Maximilian Spinola
Maximilian Spinola (; July 10, 1780 – November 12, 1857) was an Italian entomologist.
Background
Spinola was born in Pézenas, Hérault, France. The family of Spinola was of very long standing and had great wealth and power in Genoa. Max ...
in 1839.
[Spinola M (1839) Essai sur les Fulgorelles, sous-tribu de la tribu des Cicadaires, ordre des Rhyngotes. ''Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Paris'' 8: 133-337 16] They are sometimes called "dragon-headed bugs" and species have been recorded from central and South America.
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Species
''Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web''[Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): genus ''Phrictus'' Spinola, 1839 (retrieved 30 August 2023)]
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# '' Phrictus auromaculatus'' Distant, 1905
# '' Phrictus buechei'' Bourgoin & Arnaud, 2004
# '' Phrictus delicatus'' O'Brien, 1991
# '' Phrictus diadema'' (Linné, 1767) - type species
# '' Phrictus diligens'' O'Brien, 1991
# '' Phrictus hoffmannsi'' Schmidt, 1905
# '' Phrictus minutacanthis'' Caldwell, 1945
# '' Phrictus moebiusi'' Schmidt, 1905
# '' Phrictus notatus'' Lallemand, 1931
# '' Phrictus ocellatus'' Signoret, 1855
# '' Phrictus punctatus'' Caldwell, 1945
# '' Phrictus quinquepartitus'' Distant, 1883
# '' Phrictus regalis'' Caldwell, 1945
# '' Phrictus sordidus'' Caldwell, 1945
# '' Phrictus tripartitus'' Metcalf, 1938
# '' Phrictus xanthopterus'' Schmidt, 1910
References
External links
Images at iNaturalist
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Auchenorrhyncha genera
Fulgorinae
Hemiptera of South America