Fulgora

Fulgora
Fulgora sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Tribe: Fulgorini
Genus: Fulgora
Linnaeus, 1767[1]

The fulgorid genus Fulgora contains several large Central and South American planthoppers known by a large variety of common names including lantern fly, peanut bug, peanut-headed lanternfly, alligator bug, machaca, and jequitiranaboia (the latter terms used in the Amazon region and elsewhere in Brazil).

  1. ^ Linné C (1767) II. Hemiptera. In: Linné C. 1767 - Systema Naturae. Editio duodecima, reformata, 1. p. 703-712. [730]