Bythopsyrna circulata
| Bythopsyrna circulata | |
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| Bythopsyrna circulata. Museum specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha or Homoptera |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Superfamily: | Fulgoroidea |
| Family: | Flatidae |
| Subfamily: | Flatinae |
| Genus: | Bythopsyrna |
| Species: | B. circulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bythopsyrna circulata (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) | |
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Bythopsyrna circulata is a species of planthoppers belonging to the family Flatidae.
Description
Bythopsyrna circulata can reach a length of 20–24 millimetres (0.79–0.94 in). Head, pronotum and mesonotum show black spots. Wings have quite variable brown crescents, loops and bands. There is a usually intact longitudinal dark brown band along vein R of tegmen. Basal cell is brown or black. Marking patterns may be obscured by melanism and clear areas may show orange color. Ovopositor is primitive and adapted for piercing. [2][3]
Biology and behavior
Bythopsyrna circulata has five larval stages and the winged adult hatched from the fifth.[4]
This species, when stimulated by ants, produces large quantities of honeydew.[5]
Distribution
This species can be found in the rain forests of China, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra and Java.[3][4][6]
Bibliography
- Medler J. T. (1999) Flatidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) of Indonesia, exclusive of Irian Jaya, Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden), 324: 1-88.
- Schmidt E. (1909) Zwei neue Fulgoriden aus dem Stettiner Museum, Entomologische Zeitung. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin. Stettin, 70: 187-192.
- Schmidt E. (1904) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Flatiden von Sumatra., Entomologische Zeitung. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin. Stettin, 65: 182-212.
- Schmidt E. (1904) Neue und bemerkenswerthe Flatiden des Stettiner Museums, Entomologische Zeitung. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin. Stettin, 65: 354-381.
- Metcalf Z. P. (1957) Part 13. Flatidae and Hypochthonellidae, In: Metcalf Z. P. 1954 - General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicule IV, North Carolina State College, Raleigh(United States of America). p. 1-565.
- Stål C. (1862) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera, Ofversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm, 19: 479-504.
- White A. (1845) Descriptions of a new genus and some new species of Homopterous Insects from the East in the collection of the British Museum, Annals and Magazine of Natural History. London, 15: 34-37.
- Guérin-Méneville F. E. (1844) Insectes, In: Cuvier G. L. C. F. D. 1844 - Iconographie du règne animal, 1844. p. 355-370.
- FLOW: Fulgoromorpha Lists On the WEB. Bourgoin T.
References
- ↑ Catalogue of life
- ↑ John T. Medler Flatidae of Borneo, with descriptions of new genera and species (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea)
- 1 2 J.T. Medler Flatidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) of Indonesia, exclusive of Irian Jaya
- 1 2 Martin Pfeiffer & Karl Eduard Linsenmair Trophobiosis in a tropical rainforest on Borneo: Giant ants Camponotus gigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) herd wax cicadas Bythopsyrna circulata (Auchenorrhyncha: Flatidae)
- ↑ Antbase
- ↑ Bold Systems