Fulgora

Fulgora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fulgoroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha Superfamilia: Fulgoroidea

Familia: Fulgoridae
Subfamily: Fulgorinae
Tribus: Fulgorini
Genus: Fulgora
Species (9): F. castresii – F. cearensis – F. crocodilia – F. graciliceps – F. lampetis – F. laternaria – F. lucifera – F. riograndensis – F. servillei
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist, minus (2) F. nigripennis – (not in Fulgora), F. orthocephala; plus (2) F. crocodilia – F. riograndensis]

Name

Fulgora Linnaeus, 1767

• placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by ICZN (1954: 185)
• Type species: Cicada laternaria Linnaeus, 1758
  • Fixation: designated under the Plenary Powers by ICZN (1954: 185)

Synonyms

Species names in synonymy: Fulgora elegans Olivier, 1791 = Calyptoproctus elegans (Olivier, 1791)

References

Primary references

• ICZN 1954: Opinion 322. Validation, under the plenary powers, of the generic name Fulgora Linnaeus, 1767 (class Insecta, order Hemiptera) and designation for the genus so named of a type species in harmony with current nomenclatorial practice. Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 9(13): 185–208. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Liang, A.-P. 1998: Nomenclatorial notes on the Oriental lantern fly genus Pyrops Spinola (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Fulgoridae). Acta zootaxonomica sinica 23(1): 41–47. abstract and pdf Reference page. 
• 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 Reference page.  [see p. 157]