Pyrops peguensis ( Schmidt, 1911 )

Jiaranaisakul, Kawin, Constant, Jerome & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2024, Review of the lanternfly genus Pyrops of Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) with notes and keys to species, Zootaxa 5397 (1), pp. 47-79 : 67-68

Pyrops peguensis ( Schmidt, 1911)

( Figs 10 , 17B )

= Fulgora peguensis — Schmidt 1911: 161 [original description, recorded from Myanmar]; Lallemand 1963: 76 [keyed, described].

= Laternaria peguensis — Metcalf 1947: 202 [transferred to Laternaria Linnaeus, 1764 , catalogued].

= Pyrops peguensis — Nagai & Porion 1996: 25 [catalogued, recorded from Myanmar and Thailand], pl. 12, figs 172, 174 [dorsal habitus]; Liang 1998: 44 [listed]; Constant et al. 2016: 11 [listed], fig. 3 [live specimen]; Jiaranaisakul & Constant 2021: 18 [in list of species to look for in Khao Krachom Mountain, Thailand].

Diagnosis. (1) cephalic process black, rather short (LPr = 6.8–7.5 mm) and slender ( Fig. 10D ); (2) tegmina black with small red orange spots ( Fig. 10A ); (3) posterior wings yellow or red orange on disc (fig. 10 A); (4) abdomen yellow to red orange dorsally and black ventrally ( Fig. 10A–B ).

Mesurements and ratio. TL: ♁ (n = 2): 26.4 mm (25.9–26.9 mm); ♀ (n = 4): 30.2 mm (29.1–31.2 mm); TL+process: ♁ (n = 2): 33.4 mm (33–33.7 mm); ♀ (n = 4): 37.5 mm (36.5–38.7 mm); LTg/BTg = 3.16; BF/BPrH = 3.48; LPr/LF = 1.89; LPr/BPrH = 7.8.

Material examined. 1♁, 1♀: Uthai Thani Province, Lan Sak District, Huai Kha Kaeng Wildlife Sanctuary , 17-21.VIII.2020, T. Unnahachote leg., KJ02-00169—KJ02-00170 ( KKIC) ; 1♀: Ratchaburi Province, Suan Phueng District, Tanao Si , 13°28’35.5”N 99°17’32.7”E, 250 m .a.s.l., 9.V.2022, K. Jiaranaisakul leg., KJ02-00278 ( THNHM) ; 1♁, 2♀♀: same data, 13.VII.2022, K. Jiaranaisakul leg., KJ02-00314—KJ02-00316 ( RBMF) .

Material examined from iNaturalist.

Chiang Mai Province: Mueang Chiang Mai Dist., 18°47’00.0”N 98°58’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 17.VII.2011, k_jiaranaisakul .

Ratchaburi Province: Suan Phueng Dist., 13°28’00.0”N 99°17’00.0”E, 3 specimens: 1 ex., 9.V.2022, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 13.VII.2022, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 1.VIII.2023, k_jiaranaisakul.

Uthai Thani Province: Lan Sak Dist. , 15°28’00.0”N 99°17’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 22.V.2015, akrachaiaksornneam .

Distribution. Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand.

Notes. Constant et al. (2016) stated that the species was found in the dry dipterocarp forest in Cambodia. Our recent expeditions confirm that the species seems specific to this type of forest. The host plant(s) of this species remains unknown .

Figures

FIGURE 10. Pyrops peguensis (Schmidt, 1911), ♁, Ratchaburi Province, Suan Phueng District, Tanao Si, 13.VII.2022 (RBMF). (A) habitus, dorsal view; (B) habitus, ventral view; (C) habitus, lateral view; (D) head and thorax, dorsal view; (E) head, perpendicular view of frons.

FIGURE 17. Distribution map of Pyrops spp. (A) P. karenius (Distant, 1891), red circle; P. lathburii (Kirby, 1818), yellow triangle; P. oculatus (Westwood, 1838), green square; (B) P. peguensis (Schmidt, 1911), red circle; P. pyrorhynchus (Donovan, 1800), yellow triangle; P. spinolae (Westwood, 1842), green square.