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Fulgoridae

Hemipteran insects known for brilliant coloration and a luminous myth.

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Many species are moderate to large in size and have brilliant coloration resembling Lepidoptera.[1] Some species have a hollow, snout-like head process that was historically believed to be luminous at night.[1] The hemipteran family Fulgoridae comprises more than 125 genera distributed worldwide, with the highest richness and variety occurring in tropical regions.[1]

Scientific classification

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. CladePancrustacea
  4. ClassInsecta
  5. OrderHemiptera
  6. SuborderAuchenorrhyncha
  7. InfraorderFulgoromorpha
  8. FamilyFulgoridae

Named by Latreille, 1807

Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Fulgoridae (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Quick Facts

Classification
Insect family (Hemiptera)
Common name
Lanternflies or lanthorn flies
Notable genera
Fulgora, Pyrops
Historical myth
Head process believed luminous at night

Facts from the source article.

Key facts and history

Maria Sibylla Merian first propagated the belief that the head process of Fulgoridae was luminous.[1] Carl Linnaeus adopted this statement and coined specific names like laternaria, phosphorea, and candelaria based on the supposed fact.[1] By 1963 Lallemand had divided the family into eight subfamilies and eleven tribes, a classification that was generally accepted.[2] However, 21st century molecular analysis has questioned this organization.[3]

The NCBI taxonomy database includes subfamilies such as Amyclinae, Aphaeninae, Dichopterinae, Fulgorinae, Lyncidinae, Lystrinae, Phenacinae, and Poiocerinae.[4] Molecular phylogenetic work from the 21st century has raised doubts about the placement of Zanninae, proposing that this subfamily might not be part of Fulgoridae.[3]

What the cited sources add

The NCBI database also includes a category for Fulgoridae incertae sedis and unclassified Fulgoridae.[4] The NCBI explicitly states that its taxonomy database is not an authoritative source for nomenclature or classification.[4]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Fulgoridae" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Fulgoridae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lallemand, Victor, "Revision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxième Partie. Faunes Asiatique et Australienne", Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 1963, p. 1–99; Liang, Ai-Ping, "Taxonomic changes in oriental Fulgoroidea (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)", Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 1995, p. 162–164 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Fulgoridae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Urban, Julie M., "A Phylogenetic Investigation of the Planthopper Superfamily Fulgoroidea (Insecta: Hemiptera) with Emphasis on the Family Fulgoridae", Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany, September 2; "Entomologically famous, evolutionarily unexplored: the first phylogeny of the lanternfly family Fulgoridae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea)", Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 2009, p. 471–484 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. NCBI Taxonomy browser: Fulgoridae (retrieved 14 November 2017). facts only, no text reused. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Fulgoridae (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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