Pyrops atroalbus ( Distant, 1918 ) Constant & Pham, 2017
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.305 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3846693 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AE87D7-FF97-FFB6-FDBD-FD42FAE7FBAA |
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Pyrops atroalbus ( Distant, 1918 ) |
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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.
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Pyrops atroalbus ( Distant, 1918 )
Constant, Jérôme & Pham, Hong-Thai 2017 |
Pyrops watanabei apicalis
Nagai S. & Porion T. 1996: 26 |
Pyrops watanabei atroalba
Nagai S. & Porion T. 1996: 26 |
Pyrops watanabei formosana
Nagai S. & Porion T. 1996: 26 |
Fulgora watanabei apicalis
Lallemand V. 1963: 90 |
Fulgora watanabei atroalba
Lallemand V. 1963: 90 |
Fulgora watanabei var. formosana
Lallemand V. 1963: 90 |
Laternaria atroalba
Metcalf Z. P. 1947: 187 |
Fulgora watanabei var. formosana
Metcalf Z. P. 1947: 208 |
Fulgora watanabei apicalis
Kato M. 1928: 221 |
Fulgora atroalba
Distant W. L. 1918: 199 |