Phrictus

Phrictus
	Phrictus tripartitus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Family:	Fulgoridae
Subfamily:	Fulgorinae
Tribe:	Fulgorini
Subtribe:	Fulgorina
Genus:	Phrictus; Spinola, 1839

Phrictus is a genus of bugs in the subfamily Fulgorinae and tribe Fulgorini, erected by Maximilian Spinola in 1839.^[1] They are sometimes called "dragon-headed bugs" and species have been recorded from central and South America.^[2]

Species

Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web^[2] includes:

Phrictus auromaculatus Distant, 1905
Phrictus buechei Bourgoin & Arnaud, 2004
Phrictus delicatus O'Brien, 1991
Phrictus diadema (Linné, 1767) - type species
Phrictus diligens O'Brien, 1991
Phrictus hoffmannsi Schmidt, 1905
Phrictus minutacanthis Caldwell, 1945
Phrictus moebiusi Schmidt, 1905
Phrictus notatus Lallemand, 1931
Phrictus ocellatus Signoret, 1855
Phrictus punctatus Caldwell, 1945
Phrictus quinquepartitus Distant, 1883
Phrictus regalis Caldwell, 1945
Phrictus sordidus Caldwell, 1945
Phrictus tripartitus Metcalf, 1938
Phrictus xanthopterus Schmidt, 1910

References

^ Spinola M (1839) Essai sur les Fulgorelles, sous-tribu de la tribu des Cicadaires, ordre des Rhyngotes. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Paris 8: 133-337 [216].
^ ^a ^b Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): genus Phrictus Spinola, 1839 (retrieved 30 August 2023)

External links

Images at iNaturalist
Media related to Phrictus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Phrictus at Wikispecies

[1] Spinola M (1839) Essai sur les Fulgorelles, sous-tribu de la tribu des Cicadaires, ordre des Rhyngotes. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Paris 8: 133-337 [216].

[FLOW-2] Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): genus Phrictus Spinola, 1839 (retrieved 30 August 2023)

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