Pyrops atroalbus ( Distant, 1918 ) Constant & Pham, 2017

Constant, Jérôme & Pham, Hong-Thai, 2017, Review of the clavatus group of the lanternfly genus Pyrops (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), European Journal of Taxonomy 305, pp. 1-26 : 5-10

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.305

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:53662DE6-D5C0-4FBD-9EB2-2000940AFE85

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3846693

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AE87D7-FF97-FFB6-FDBD-FD42FAE7FBAA

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scientific name

Pyrops atroalbus ( Distant, 1918 )
status

comb. nov.

Pyrops atroalbus ( Distant, 1918) View in CoL comb. nov.

Figs 1 View Fig , 5–6 View Fig View Figs 6–8 , 9A View Fig

Fulgora atroalba Distant, 1918: 199 View in CoL (type in BMNH).

Laternaria atroalba View in CoL – Metcalf 1947: 187 [transferred to Laternaria ; catalogued].

Fulgora watanabei apicalis View in CoL – Lallemand 1963: 90 [considered as a junior synonym of Fulgora watanabei atroalba ( Distant, 1918) View in CoL (erroneous)].

Fulgora watanabei atroalba View in CoL – Lallemand 1963: 90 [transferred back to Fulgora View in CoL and considered as a subspecies of P. watanabei View in CoL (erroneous)].

Fulgora watanabei var. formosana View in CoL – Lallemand 1963: 90 [considered as a junior synonym of Fulgora watanabei atroalba ( Distant, 1918) View in CoL (erroneous)].

Pyrops watanabei apicalis View in CoL – Nagai & Porion 1996: 26 [transferred to Pyrops View in CoL but still considered as a junior synonym of Fulgora watanabei atroalba View in CoL (erroneous)].

Pyrops watanabei atroalba – Nagai & Porion 1996: 26, pl. 18, fig. 223 [transferred to Pyrops View in CoL , but still considered as a subspecies of P. watanabei View in CoL (erroneous), type illustrated]. — Liang 1998: 22 [considered as a subspecies of P. watanabei View in CoL (erroneous)].

Pyrops watanabei formosana – Nagai & Porion 1996: 26 [transferred to Pyrops View in CoL but still considered as a junior synonym of Fulgora watanabei atroalba View in CoL (erroneous)].

Non Fulgora watanabei apicalis Kato, 1928: 221 View in CoL , pl. 9 fig. 1.

Non Fulgora watanabei var. formosana Metcalf, 1947: 208 View in CoL .

Note

Liang (1998) erroneously stated that the name “ Pyrops watanabei atroalbus ( Distant, 1918) ” was a new combination he proposed while the combination had already been proposed by Nagai and Porion (1996).

Diagnosis

The species is immediately recognized by the following combination of characters:

(1) Cephalic process yellow and strongly inflated apically ( Fig. 1 View Fig D–F).

(2) Abdomen black ventrally ( Fig. 1B View Fig ).

(3) Tegmina strongly contrasted: pale yellow-white with black markings, including 3 black spots in costal area before nodal line ( Fig. 1A View Fig ).

Etymology

From Latin ater (adj.) ‘black’ and albus (adj.): ‘white’; the species epithet refers to the black and white colouration of the species.

Type material

Holotype ( Fig. 5 View Fig )

VIETNAM: ♂ [Indo-China, Tonkin, R.V. de Salvaza . 1917–98] [1918–1] [ Fulgora atroalba Dist. Type] [Type] ( BMNH).

Additional material

VIETNAM: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Da Krong Nature Reserve, Quang Tri Province, 10 Jul. 2011, 16°37′ N, 106°47′ E, day collecting, Pham & Hoang (♂ in RBINS, ♀ in VNMN); 1 ♀, Bach Ma National Park, 29 Sep. 2014, 16°12′ N, 107°52′ E, Tuan ( VNMN).

Material examined from photograph

THAILAND: 1 ex. ( Fig. 9A View Fig ), Chiang Mai Prov., Maerim District, 18°54′50″ N, 98°56′42″ E, 14 Mar. 2016, Panaka Jirasuttayaporn.

Measurements and ratios

TL: ♂ (n = 1): 3.4 cm; ♀ (n = 1): 4.2 cm; LPr: ♂: 1.1 cm; ♀: 1.4 cm; LTg/BTg = 2.55; BF/BPrH = 3.1; LPr/LF = 2.95; LPr/BPrH = 8.8.

Male genitalia

Pygofer higher than long, with posterior margin regularly rounded dorsally in lateral view ( Fig. 6A View Figs 6–8 ). Anal tube slightly elongate, 1.1 times as long as broad in dorsal view, broader at 4/5 of total length ( Fig. 6C View Figs 6–8 ); lateral margins very slightly sinuate and apical margin strongly concave in dorsal view ( Fig. 6C View Figs 6–8 ). Gonostyli ( Fig. 6A View Figs 6–8 ) elongate, twice as long as high in lateral view; dorsal margin regularly rounded and posterior margin slightly projecting posteriorly in middle in lateral view ( Fig. 6A View Figs 6–8 ).

Remarks

There is a discrepancy between the location given on the label of the specimen (“ Tonkin ”) and the one given in the original description ( Distant 1918): “ Indochina, Xieng Klouang (R. Vitalis de Salvaza) ”. The latter location is situated in Laos, not far from the places where we have collected specimens in Central Vietnam. Despite our intensive collecting effort in northern Vietnam, we have never found the species in that region. Hence, it seems that the location given by Distant (1918) is more likely to be the correct one.

Nagai & Porion (1996: fig. 223) erroneously gave “central Taiwan ” as the type locality.

Distribution

The species is known from one location in Laos, one in Northern Thailand, and two in Central Vietnam.

BMNH

United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]

RBINS

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

VNMN

Vietnam National Museum of Nature

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Fulgoridae

Genus

Pyrops

Loc

Pyrops atroalbus ( Distant, 1918 )

Constant, Jérôme & Pham, Hong-Thai 2017
2017
Loc

Pyrops watanabei apicalis

Nagai S. & Porion T. 1996: 26
1996
Loc

Pyrops watanabei atroalba

Nagai S. & Porion T. 1996: 26
1996
Loc

Pyrops watanabei formosana

Nagai S. & Porion T. 1996: 26
1996
Loc

Fulgora watanabei apicalis

Lallemand V. 1963: 90
1963
Loc

Fulgora watanabei atroalba

Lallemand V. 1963: 90
1963
Loc

Fulgora watanabei var. formosana

Lallemand V. 1963: 90
1963
Loc

Laternaria atroalba

Metcalf Z. P. 1947: 187
1947
Loc

Fulgora watanabei var. formosana

Metcalf Z. P. 1947: 208
1947
Loc

Fulgora watanabei apicalis

Kato M. 1928: 221
1928
Loc

Fulgora atroalba

Distant W. L. 1918: 199
1918
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