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Habitus, dorsal view on Atracis pyralis (Guérin-Méneville, 1831): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Atracis pyralis (Guérin-Méneville, 1831): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Atracis pyralis (Guérin-Méneville, 1831): (Observation).
Head on Atracis pyralis (Guérin-Méneville, 1831): (Observation).
Other on Atracis pyralis (Guérin-Méneville, 1831): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (14)

  • Flata pyralis Guérin-Méneville, 1831a: pl.10.

    Holotype; adult; 3e4433f4-167c-4d60-a6ca-082cbfa92e17; deposited at: Museo Zoologico di Universita degli Studi (MZUN); Indonesia, Irian Jaya: West Papua, Fakfak; Irian Jaya Barat, Raja Ampat Regency, Waigeo Island

  • Ricania pyralis (Guérin-Méneville, 1831) in Schaum, 1850a: 73.
  • Uxantis nexa Melichar, 1902 (subjective synonym of Flata pyralis Guérin-Méneville, 1831) in Medler, 2000a: 86.
  • Uxantis patula Melichar, 1902 (subjective synonym of Flata pyralis Guérin-Méneville, 1831) in Medler, 2000a: 86.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1831a) Hemiptera. In Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825, sous le ministère et conformément aux instructions de S. E. M. Le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, ministre de la marine; et publié sous les auspices de son Excellence Mgr. Le Cte De Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, par M.L.I. Duperrey. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol. 2, Issue 2, pp. pl. 10. [22 pls.]
  • Medler, J.T. (1989a) New Guinea Flatidae (Homoptera): species collected on economic and other plants, with descriptions of new species. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology, 2, i-viii + 1–79.
  • Medler, J.T. (2000a) Flatidae of New Guinea and adjacent areas (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology, 8, i-viii + 1–117.
  • Melichar, L. (1902a) Monographie der Acanolaniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera) (Fortsetzung). Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 17(1), 1–253 + pls. 1–9.
  • Schaum, H.R. (1850a) Fulgorellae. In Allegemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Kunste in alnhaberischen folge von Genannten Schriftstellern bearbeitet und herausgegeben von I.S. Ersch und I.G. Gruber mit Kupfern und Charten. Erster Section A-G. Vol. 51, pp. 58–73.
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
  • Walker, F. (1868c) Catalogue of the homopterous insects collected in the Indian Archipelago by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. (Continued). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 10(43), 133–193. [1870; pp. 82-193] Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31587958#page/10/mode/1up
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek (πῠρᾰλλίς): insect living in fire

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species101011