The fulgorid genus Fulgora contains several large Central and South American planthoppers known by a large variety of common names including lantern fly, peanut bug, peanut-headed lanternfly, alligator bug, machaca, and jequitiranaboia (the latter terms used in the Amazon region and elsewhere in Brazil).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Tribe: | Fulgorini |
| Genus: | Fulgora Linnaeus, 1767[1] |
Species
editSpecies are mostly similar in appearance, with differences in the shape of the head (often quite subtle), and patterns of wing coloration; there is some confusion regarding the validity of some of the currently recognised species.[2] Some individuals can measure up to 75 mm (3 inches). The type species of Fulgora is Cicada laternaria Linnaeus 1758, designated under the Plenary Powers by ICZN (1954: 185); now Fulgora laternaria, it is the most well-known and widespread species.
Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web[3] includes:
- Fulgora caerulescens Olivier, 1791
- Fulgora castresii Guérin-Méneville, 1837
- Fulgora cearensis (Da Fonseca, 1932)
- Fulgora graciliceps Blanchard, 1849
- †Fulgora granulosa Scudder, 1878
- Fulgora lampetis Burmeister, 1845
- Fulgora laternaria (Linné, 1758) - type species
- Fulgora lucifera Germar, 1821
- †Fulgora obticescens Scudder, 1890
- Fulgora orthocephala (Da Fonseca, 1926)
- †Fulgora populata Scudder, 1890
Similar species
editOld World species previously assigned to this genus include the Asian genus Pyrops and at least two southern African spp. incertae sedis:
- "Fulgora coerulescens" Olivier, 1791
- "Fulgora coccinea" Olivier, 1791
- "Fulgora limbata" Olivier, 1791[4]
Gallery
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Fulgora lampetis - museum specimen
References
edit- ^ Linné C (1767) II. Hemiptera. In: Linné C. 1767 - Systema Naturae. Editio duodecima, reformata, 1. p. 703-712. [730]
- ^ O'Brien, L.B. 1991(1988): New World Fulgoridae, part 1: genera with elongate head processes. Great Basin naturalist memoirs, (12): 135-170. abstract and pdf
- ^ Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): genus Fulgora Linné, 1767 (retrieved 4 September 2023)
- ^ GBIF: Fulgora limbata Olivier, 1791 (retrieved 4 September 2023)