''Pyrops'' is a genus of
planthopper
A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment ...
s that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are generally brightly patterned in contrasting colors, and they are popular among collectors.
Species
The genus has been divided into several species groups:
Candelaria group
'' Pyrops lathburii''
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Pyrops aeruginosus''
(Stål, 1870)
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Pyrops agusanensis''
(Baker, 1925)
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Pyrops atroalbus''
(Distant, 1918)
*''
Pyrops auratus
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
Constant, 2021
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Pyrops azureus
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
Constant & Mohan, 2017
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Pyrops buomvoi
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
Constant & Pham, 2022
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Pyrops candelaria
''Pyrops candelaria'' (''Laternaria candelaria'' and ''Fulgora candelaria'' in older literature) is a species of planthopper often placed in the tribe Laternariini. This species has been recorded from: Guangdong, Guangxi, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hon ...
''
(Linnaeus
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, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
) – type species
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Pyrops coelestinus''
(Stål, 1863)
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Pyrops condorinus
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
(Lallemand, 1960)
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Pyrops connectens''
(Atkinson, 1885)
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Pyrops curtiprora
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
(Butler, 1874) - Actually a ''
Saiva
''Saiva'' is a genus of Asian planthoppers, family Fulgoridae. They are colourful insects, marked boldly in red, blue, white and black, with a prominent slender stalk like structure arising on the head that points upwards or forward. The know ...
'' species.
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Pyrops delessertii
''Pyrops delessertii'' is a species of true bug in the family Fulgoridae, in the genus ''Pyrops'' which are sometimes called "lanternflies". This species is endemic to peninsular India, mainly in the Western Ghats.
Description
The head, its ...
''
(Guerin-Meneville, 1840)
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Pyrops dohrni
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
(Schmidt, 1905)
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Pyrops ducalis''
Stål, 1863
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Pyrops exsanguis''
( Gerstaecker, 1895)
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Pyrops farinosus
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
Bierman, 1910
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Pyrops fumosus
''Pyrops fumosus'' is a species of ''Pyrops'' in the lanternfly family found on Samar island.
Description
It is the one out of the 14 Philippine ''Pyrops'', but yet is the only one to sport a tegmen
A tegmen (: tegmina) designates the mod ...
''
(Baker, 1925)
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Pyrops heringi
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
(Schmidt, 1905)
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Pyrops hobbyi
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
(Lallemand, 1939)
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Pyrops jasmini
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
Chew Kea Foo, Porion & Audibert, 2010
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Pyrops jianfenglingensis
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
Wang, Xu & Qin, 2018
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Pyrops karenius
''Pyrops karenius'', also known as the Red-nosed Lanternfly, is a species of planthopper
A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The ...
''
(Distant, 1891)
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Pyrops kozlovi
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
Porion & Audibert, 2020
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Pyrops lathburii
''Pyrops lathburii'' is a species of lanternfly found in northern India, northern Thailand, southern China, Laos, and Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Sou ...
''
(Kirby, 1818)
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Pyrops lautus
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
(Stål, 1870)
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Pyrops maculatus''
( Olivier, 1791)
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Pyrops maquilinganus''
(Baker, 1925)
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Pyrops nishiyamai''
Nagai & Porion, 2002
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Pyrops ochraceus''
Nagai & Porion, 1996
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Pyrops peguensis''
(Schmidt, 1911)
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Pyrops philippinus''
(Stål, 1870)
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Pyrops polillensis''
(Baker, 1925)
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Pyrops priscilliae''
Nagai, Porion & Audibert, 2016
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Pyrops rogersi''
(Distant, 1906)
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Pyrops spinolae''
( Westwood, 1842)
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Pyrops viridirostris''
( Westwood, 1848)
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Pyrops vitalisius''
(Distant, 1918)
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Pyrops zephyrius''
(Schmidt, 1907)
"Cultellatus group"
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Pyrops cultellatus''
(Walker, 1857)
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Pyrops itoi''
(Satô & Nagai, 1994)
Clavatus group
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Pyrops atroalbus''
(Distant, 1918)
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Pyrops clavatus''
( Westwood, 1839)
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Pyrops watanabei''
( Matsumura, 1913)
Effusus group
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Pyrops effusus''
(Distant, 1891)
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Pyrops gunjii''
(Satô & Nagai, 1994)
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Pyrops synavei''
Constant, 2015
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Pyrops whiteheadi
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
(Distant, 1889)
Oculatus group
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Pyrops alboroseus
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are gen ...
''
Liang, 1998
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Pyrops horsfieldii''
( Westwood, 1839)
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Pyrops nishiguroi''
Nagai, Porion & Audibert, 2017
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Pyrops oculatus''
( Westwood, 1839)
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Pyrops sidereus''
(Distant, 1905)
Polillensis group
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Pyrops polillensis''
(Baker, 1925)
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Pyrops samaranus''
(Baker, 1925)
Pyrorhynchus group
'' Pyrops ruehli''
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Pyrops intricatus''
(Walker
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, 1857)
*''
Pyrops pyrorhynchus''
(Donovan
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, 1800)
*''
Pyrops pythicus''
(Distant, 1891)
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Pyrops ruehli''
Schmidt, 1926
Sultana group
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Pyrops erectus''
(Schmidt, 1905)
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Pyrops sultana''
(Adams, 1847)
Ungrouped species
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Pyrops cyanirostris''
( Guerin-Meneville, 1845)
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Pyrops detanii''
Nagai & Porion, 2004
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Pyrops dimotus''
(Lallemand, 1960)
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Pyrops hamdjahi''
Nagai & Porion, 2002
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Pyrops hashimotoi''
Nagai & Porion, 2002
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Pyrops ishiharai''
(Satô & Nagai, 1994)
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Pyrops jefferyi''
Nagai & Porion, 2002
*''
Pyrops valerian''
Nagai & Porion, 2002
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Laternaria'' has been used by some authors, but this name was published in a work that was suppressed in 1955 by an official declaration of the
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
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(ICZN): Opinion 322. The
type species
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is ''
Pyrops candelaria
''Pyrops candelaria'' (''Laternaria candelaria'' and ''Fulgora candelaria'' in older literature) is a species of planthopper often placed in the tribe Laternariini. This species has been recorded from: Guangdong, Guangxi, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hon ...
''.
A molecular phylogenetic study suggests that ''Pyrops'' is sister to the genus ''
Saiva
''Saiva'' is a genus of Asian planthoppers, family Fulgoridae. They are colourful insects, marked boldly in red, blue, white and black, with a prominent slender stalk like structure arising on the head that points upwards or forward. The know ...
'', and the tribe Pyropsini may not be properly placed in Fulgorinae.
Ecology
Like many other plant-sap sucking insects, ''Pyrops'' species exude honeydew. This honeydew is sometimes gathered by other animals in
trophobiotic associations. ''Pyrops whiteheadi'' and ''P. intricatus'' are known to be attended by ''
Dorylaea
''Dorylaea'' is a genus of South-East Asian cockroaches in the subfamily Blattinae erected by Carl Stål in 1877.Stål C (1877) Orthoptera nova ex Insulis Philippinis descripsit. ''Öfversigt af Kongl. Vet. Akad. Förhandlingar.'' 34(10): 36. ...
'' spp.
cockroach
Cockroaches (or roaches) are insects belonging to the Order (biology), order Blattodea (Blattaria). About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known Pest (organism), pests.
Modern cockro ...
es in Southeast Asia. ''Pyrops whiteheadi'' has also been seen tended by a gecko, ''
Gehyra mutilata''.
References
External links
*
World Auchenorrhyncha Database: ''Pyrops'' Spinola, 1839 (retrieved 9 April 2024)
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Fauna of Southeast Asia
Auchenorrhyncha genera
Taxa named by Maximilian Spinola