Fulgora

This article refers to the insect genus; for the Roman mythological figure, see Fulgora (mythology)

Fulgora
Fulgora laternaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Fulgoridae
Genus:	Fulgora Linnaeus, 1767
Species
Fulgora castresii Guérin-Méneville, 1837 Fulgora cearensis (Fonseca, 1932) Fulgora crocodilia Brailovsky & Beutelspacher, 1978 Fulgora graciliceps Blanchard, 1849 Fulgora lampetis Burmeister, 1845 (= caerulescens) Fulgora laternaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Fulgora lucifera Germar, 1821 Fulgora riograndensis (Fonseca, 1926) Fulgora servillei Spinola, 1839

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). The nine species are mostly similar in appearance, with differences in the shape of the head (often quite subtle), and patterns of wing coloration. The most well-known and widespread of these species is Fulgora laternaria. They can measure as long as 3 inches. There is some confusion regarding the validity of some of the currently recognised species. The type species of Fulgora is Cicada laternaria Linnaeus, 1758, designated under the Plenary Powers by ICZN (1954: 185). Old World species assigned to this genus belong instead to the genus Pyrops.