Pyrops karenius

Pyrops karenius
Specimen from Kaeng Krachan National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Pyrops
Species: P. karenius
Binomial name
Pyrops karenius
(Distant, 1891)

Pyrops karenius is a species of planthopper belonging to a group commonly referred to as lantern-flies. This species is found in Burma, Thailand and the Karen Hills of India. The head, its protrusion and the thorax are reddish brown. The cephalic process is slightly recurved and its tip is flattened.[1]

References

  1. Distant, W.L. (1906). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota, Volume III. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 188–189.


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