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Fulgora (mythology)
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The
fulgorid genus ''Fulgora'' contains several large Central and South American
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 known by a large variety of
common names
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including
lantern fly
The family Fulgoridae is a large group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, containing over 125 genera worldwide. They are mostly of moderate to large size, many with a superficial resemblance to Lepidoptera due ...
, peanut bug, peanut-headed lanternfly, alligator bug, machaca, and jequitiranaboia (the latter terms used in the
Amazon
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region and elsewhere in
Brazil
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). 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.
[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
/ref> The type species of ''Fulgora'' is ''Cicada laternaria'' Linnaeus
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1758, designated under the Plenary Powers by ICZN (1954
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. Old World species assigned to this genus belong instead to the genus ''Pyrops
''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 ge ...
''.
Gallery
Fulgora castresii.jpg, '' Fulgora castresii''
Fulgora lampetis (16030443936).jpg, '' Fulgora lampetis''
Peanut Bug (Fulgora laternaria) (6766673085).jpg, '' Fulgora laternaria''
Fulgora-Lampetis-Vienna-Museum.jpg, ''Fulgora lampetis - museum specimen''
References
External links
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Fulgorinae
Auchenorrhyncha genera
Hemiptera of Central America
Hemiptera of South America
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