Pyrops maculatus
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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. Occurrence records include Sri Lanka.[citation needed]
Subspecies
Subspecies include:[2]
- Pyrops maculatus fulvirostris (Walker, 1858)
- Pyrops maculatus maculatus (Olivier, 1791)
Pyrops delessertii (Guérin-Méneville, 1940) is treated as a subspecies of maculatus by older authors, but more recent works consider it to be a species.
Distribution
This species is present in Sri Lanka.[3]
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.[3]
References
- ^ "Catalogue of Life : Pyrops maculatus (Olivier, 1791)". catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
- ^ "Pyrops maculatus". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
- ^ a b Jérôme Constant, Ashwini V Mohan The lanternflies from Andaman and Nicobar: one new Pyrops species, new records and illustrated key to the species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae
External links
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