Pyrops sultana
Species of plant hoppers
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Pyrops sultana is a species of lanternfly found on the island of Borneo.
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| Pyrops sultana | |
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| Pyrops sultana near Mulu, in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Genus: | Pyrops |
| Species: | P. sultana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrops sultana (Adams, 1847) | |
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Identification
The head projection, which is also known as a cephalic process, is red, and yellow or peach below. This, along with the mostly white tegmen, will distinguish this species from all other Pyrops except Pyrops erectus, which has the cephalic process strongly recurved upwards in the apical half.[1] That species is found in Java, so their ranges do not overlap.
