Pyrops coelestinus
{{Short description|Species of planthopper}}
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| image_caption = Specimen in Cat Tien National Park
| genus = Pyrops
| species = coelestinus
| authority = (Stål, 1863)
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Pyrops coelestinus, previously known as Laternaria coelestina,Lallemand V (1963) Révision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxième partie. faunes asiatique et Australienne. Mémoires de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 2e série 75: 1-99. is a species of planthopper belonging to a genus referred-to as lantern-bugs, sometimes known as the blue lantern bug (Vietnamese: ve sầu xanh).
Distribution and description
This species is found in Indochina: both P. coelestinus and P. ducalis have type specimens from Cambodia, with relatively recent records for the insect fauna of Vietnam.[http://www.taxonomy.be/gti_calls/grants_awarded/2004-grants-obtained-rbins-promoters/grootaert-constant/annual-reports/constant-2012-report.pdf/download/en/1/Constant-2012-report.pdf 'A step further in the Entomodiversity of Vietnam' (accessed 19/12/2016)]
The head, and cephalic process are grey-black with numerous white spots (see figure) and the hind wings (not shown) are royal blue with a black zone around the wing tip.
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External links
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