Pyrops pyrorhynchus ( Donovan, 1800 )

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 : 68-70

Pyrops pyrorhynchus ( Donovan, 1800)

( Figs 11 , 17B )

= Fulgora pyrorhynchus — Donovan 1800: 7 [original description]; Guérin-Méneville 1843: 67 [noted].

= Fulgora rajah — Guérin-Méneville 1840: 183 [described].

= Fulgora pyrorhyncha — Butler 1874: 99 [listed]; Atkinson 1885: 133 [described]; Distant 1906: 188 [described, recorded from India (erroneous)]; Baker 1925: 356 [transferred to pyrorhyncha species group, keyed, noted], pl. 5 fig. 1 [lateral habitus illustrated], pl. 7 fig. 5 [habitus illustrated]; Lallemand 1963: 84 [keyed, described], pl. 10, figs 23–25 [male genitalia illustrated].

= Fulgora amplectens — Atkinson 1885: 133 [described].

= Laternaria pyrorhyncha — Metcalf 1947: 203 [transferred to Laternaria Linnaeus, 1764 , catalogued].

= Pyrops pyrorhyncha — Nagai & Porion 1996: 26 [transferred to Pyrops Spinola, 1839 , listed], pl. 16, fig. 209 [dorsal habitus].

= Pyrops pyrorhynchus — Liang 1998: 44 [listed]; Jiaranaisakul & Wonglersak 2021: 173 [listed], fig. 8 A [illustrated].

Diagnosis. (1) cephalic process red brown to dark brown, bright red apically; robust and rather straight ( Fig. 11C– D ); (2) tegmina green or covered by white waxy with yellow spots, 4–5 spots on the white or pale brown band along the nodal line of cross veins ( Fig. 11A ); (3) posterior wings blue with distal portion black extending along the posterior margin ( Fig. 11A ); (4) abdomen black (fig. 1A–B).

Mesurements and ratio. TL: ♁ (n = 3): 45.5 mm (44.2–46.2 mm); TL+process: ♁ (n = 3): 63.8 mm (61.6–65.9 mm); LTg/BTg = 2.64; BF/BPrH = 1.83; LPr/LF = 3.55; LPr/BPrH = 6.96.

Material examined. 3♁♁: Satun Province, Khuan Don District, Wang Prachan , 4-6.I.2020, K. Jiaranaisakul leg., KJ02-00069—KJ02-00071 ( RBMF) .

Material examined from iNaturalist.

Narathiwat Province: Sukhirin Dist., 5°47’00.0”N 101°45’00.0”E, 25 specimens: 3 ex., 1.VI.2014, ian_dugdale; 1 ex., 3.VII.2021, vatcharavee; 3 ex., 13.VII.2021, vatcharavee; 1 ex., 11.IV.2022, thepazzzzz; 2 ex., 23.VI.2022, petereric; 2 ex., 23.VI.2022, paul_faz; 3 ex., 15.VII.2022, plains-wanderer; 2 ex., 10.VIII.2022, babybobknowsnothing; 1 ex., 7.IV.2023, ayuwat; 1 ex., 7.IV.2023, biom; 3 ex., 9.IV.2023, biom; 3 ex., 9.IV.2023, ziwkun; Waeng Dist., 5°48’00.0”N 101°50’00.0”E, 8 specimens: 1 ex., 22.VIII.2021, vatcharavee; 1 ex., 19.X.2021, vatcharavee; 1 ex., 22.VIII.2022, songkranth; 1 ex., 3.VIII.2023, woraphot; 4 ex., 7.IX.2023, chaiyan_fauna.

Satun Province: Khuan Don Dist., 6°42’00.0”N 100°10’00.0”E, 5 specimens: 1 ex., 16.VI.2016, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 29.VI.2018, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 3.I.2020, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 3.I.2020, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 12.VII.2023, charliev.

Songkhla Province: Hat Yai Dist. , 7°02’00.0”N 100°30’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 16.VII.2023, thanyarat_ bo .

Yala Province: Than To Dist., 6°04’00.0”N 101°17’00.0”E, 4 specimens: 1 ex., 19.VI.2015, lesday; 2 ex., 20.X.2020, jesse563; 1 ex., 14.VIII.2023, tanakorn; Betong Dist., 5°54’00.0”N 101°14’00.0”E, 7 specimens: 1 ex., 17.VI.2017, ian_dugdale; 1 ex., 26.III.2022, biom; 3 ex., 27.VI.2022, andrewpierce; 1 ex., 11.IV.2023, psychoyogi; 1 ex., 4.VI.2023, biom.

Distribution. Malaysia (Peninsular) and southern Thailand.

Notes. This species shows intraspecific variation of the colour of the tegmina: tegmina green in the intermediate form; covered with white wax in the pale form (which is the most commonly observed in Thailand); black with pale brown veins and veinlets in the dark form. The species was observed on Pometia pinnata Forst. ( Sapindaceae ) (new plant association) along a stream.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Pyrops pyrorhynchus (Donovan, 1800), ♁, Satun Province, Khuan Don District, Wang Prachan, 4-6.I.2020 (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.