Pyrops coelestinus, previously known as Laternaria coelestina,[2] is a species of planthopper belonging to a genus referred-to as lantern-bugs, sometimes known as the blue lantern bug (Vietnamese: ve sầu xanh).
| Pyrops coelestinus | |
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| Specimen in Cat Tien National Park | |
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. coelestinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrops coelestinus (Stål, 1863)
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Distribution and description
editThis species is found in Indochina: both P. coelestinus and P. ducalis have type specimens from Cambodia, with relatively recent records for the insect fauna of Vietnam.[3]
The head, and cephalic process are grey-black with numerous white spots (see figure) and the hind wings (not shown) are royal blue with a black zone around the wing tip.
References
edit- ^ Stål C. (1863) Hemipterorum exoticorum generum et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptiones. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (Ser. 3), 1: 571-603.
- ^ Lallemand V (1963) Révision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxième partie. faunes asiatique et Australienne. Mémoires de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 2e série 75: 1-99.
- ^ 'A step further in the Entomodiversity of Vietnam' (accessed 19/12/2016)
External links
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Data related to Pyrops at Wikispecies
