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 an 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.[6][3][4]
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