''Pyrops pyrorhynchus'' is a species of lanternfly of the family

Fulgoridae 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 t ...

. It is found in

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, and

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Identification

The overall colour is brown, the tip of the head extension, which is also known as a cephalic process, is red. The basal 2/3rds of the forewings, also known as the

tegmen A tegmen (plural: ''tegmina'') designates the modified leathery front wing on an insect particularly in the orders Dermaptera ( earwigs), Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets and similar families), Mantodea (praying mantis), Phasmatodea (stick an ...

in Fulgoridae, can be brown to green. It can be distinguished from all similar species except ''

Pyrops pythicus ''Pyrops pythicus'' is a species of true bug in the family Fulgoridae, in the genus ''Pyrops'' which are sometimes called lanternflies. Subspecies * ''Pyrops pythicus incertus'' Schmidt, 1923 Schmidt E. 1923 � Neue Fulgoriden.Societas Entomologi ...

'' by the colour, and from it by the presence of outlined circles, not unmargined spots, at 2/3rds of the tegmen. Also, ''P. pythicus'' is in Indonesia, but ''P. pyrorhynchus'' is found on mainland S and SE Asia.

Etymology

From

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– πυρ (fire/flame) and ῥύγχος (snout)

References

Insects described in 1800 pyrorhynchus Hemiptera of Asia {{Fulgoridae-stub