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Pyrops
Sign in to savePyrops 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 generally brightly patterned in contrasting colors, and they are popular among collectors.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 44
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Fulgoridae
- Collections
- SAM
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Indonesia, Uganda, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Namibia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Fulgoridae
- Image
- Pyrops clavata.jpg
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- taxon name
- Pyrops
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pyrops
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- Pyrops
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Species
- Candelaria group
- "Cultellatus group"
- Clavatus group
- Effusus group
- Oculatus group
- Polillensis group
- Pyrorhynchus group
- Sultana group
- Ungrouped species
- Taxonomy
- Ecology
- References
- External links
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 generally brightly patterned in contrasting colors, and they are popular among collectors.
==Species==
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