Pyrops Spinola, 1839

Genus Pyrops Spinola, 1839 View in CoL View at ENA

Pyrops Spinola, 1839: 231 View in CoL .

Type species: Pyrops candelaria (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL by subsequent designation by Duponchel ( 1840: 200).

Hotinus Amyot & Serville, 1843: 490 ( type species Pyrops candelaria (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL by original designation) synonymized by Blanchard 1845: 425.

After comparison with the classification proposed by Lallemand ( 1963) and Nagai & Porion ( 1996), the genus Pyrops is here removed from the subfamily Fulgorinae and not attributed to any of the currently defined subfamilies, following the conclusions of the DNA study by Urban & Cryan ( 2009). The subfamily Fulgorinae is found in the New World, with the Neotropical genus Fulgora Linnaeus, 1767 as type.

Diagnostic characters

The definition of the genus given by Constant ( 2015) is followed: head with cephalic process, sometimes very long, narrowing progressively beyond the eyes; apically it can be dilated or even spherical. Vertex about 4 times as broad as an eye. Before eyes, genae truncate, with a transverse carina which sometimes extends to vertex. Two longitudinal carinae on frons, a third median one starting on base of cephalic process. Fronto-clypeal suture usually slightly bisinuate; median carina on clypeus. Pronotum with median carina (sometimes obsolete) and a small but strongly impressed point on each side of it. Mesonotum with median and peridiscal carinae, sometimes obsolete. Tegmina at most 3 times as long as broad, with apical margin more or less rounded and with transverse veinlets on all surfaces. Clavus open and elongate, vein A1+A2 extending far towards apex. Legs slender.