Pyrops coelestinus

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
Specimen in Cat Tien National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Pyrops
Species:
P. coelestinus
Binomial name
Pyrops coelestinus
(Stål, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Fulgora caelestina Atkinson, 1886
  • Fulgora coelestina Butler, 1874
  • Hotinus coelestina Stål, 1863[1]

Distribution and Description

This 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
  1. Stål C. (1863) Hemipterorum exoticorum generum et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptiones. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (Ser. 3), 1: 571-603.
  2. 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.
  3. 'A step further in the Entomodiversity of Vietnam' (accessed 19/12/2016)
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  • Data related to Pyrops at Wikispecies
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