Pyrops spinolae

Pyrops spinolae^[4] is a species of planthopper sometimes referred-to as the dark-horned lantern-fly (Vietnamese: ve sầu đầu đen). The species is named after Maximilian Spinola, the authority for the genus.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Hemiptera

Suborder:Auchenorrhyncha

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Pyrops spinolae
Specimen in Namdhapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Family:	Fulgoridae
Genus:	Pyrops
Species:	P. spinolae
Binomial name
Pyrops spinolae (Westwood, 1842)
Synonyms[citation needed]
Hotinus spinolae Walker, 1851[1] Laternaria spinolae Schaum, 1850 Fulgora spinolae Westwood, 1842[2] Hotinus nigrirostris Walker, 1858 Laternaria nigrirostris Walker, 1858: synonym of Fulgora spinolae Westwood, 1842[3]

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This lantern bug is recorded from India and Indochina.^[4] Pyrops condorinus from southern Thailand was once considered as a subspecies.(^[5]