Fulgora

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Fulgora
Fulgora sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Tribe: Fulgorini
Genus: Fulgora
Linnaeus, 1767[1]

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 (the latter terms used in the Amazon region and elsewhere in Brazil).

Species[edit]

Species are mostly similar in appearance, with differences in the shape of the head (often quite subtle), and patterns of wing coloration; there is some confusion regarding the validity of some of the currently recognised species.[2] Some individuals can measure up to 75 mm (3 inches). The type species of Fulgora is Cicada laternaria Linnaeus 1758, designated under the Plenary Powers by ICZN (1954: 185); now Fulgora laternaria, it is the most well-known and widespread species.

Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web[3] includes:

  1. Fulgora caerulescens Olivier, 1791
  2. Fulgora castresii Guérin-Méneville, 1837
  3. Fulgora cearensis (Da Fonseca, 1932)
  4. Fulgora graciliceps Blanchard, 1849
  5. †Fulgora granulosa Scudder, 1878
  6. Fulgora lampetis Burmeister, 1845
  7. Fulgora laternaria (Linné, 1758) - type species
  8. Fulgora lucifera Germar, 1821
  9. †Fulgora obticescens Scudder, 1890
  10. Fulgora orthocephala (Da Fonseca, 1926)
  11. †Fulgora populata Scudder, 1890

Similar species[edit]

Old World species previously assigned to this genus include the Asian genus Pyrops and at least two southern African spp. incertae sedis:

  • "Fulgora coccinea" Olivier, 1791
  • "Fulgora limbata" Olivier, 1791[4]

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Linné C (1767) II. Hemiptera. In: Linné C. 1767 - Systema Naturae. Editio duodecima, reformata, 1. p. 703-712. [730]
  2. ^ O'Brien, L.B. 1991(1988): New World Fulgoridae, part 1: genera with elongate head processes. Great Basin naturalist memoirs, (12): 135-170. abstract and pdf
  3. ^ Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): genus Fulgora Linné, 1767 (retrieved 4 September 2023)
  4. ^ GBIF: Fulgora limbata Olivier, 1791 (retrieved 4 September 2023)

External links[edit]

  • Media related to Fulgora at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Fulgora at Wikispecies
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