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Pyrops heringi
Diet
Plant sap
Habitat
Lowland rainforest
Range
Borneo (Sabah)
Size
Body around 3–4cm
One of the longer-recognised Bornean Pyrops species, first documented from Sabah in the early twentieth century, and still most reliably recorded from that state's lowland forest.
Displays the classic lantern-bug silhouette — an elongated, upturned snout and broad, patterned wings — spending most of daylight hours motionless on tree bark.
Not assessed for conservation status.