Pyrops condorinus ( Lallemand, 1960 )

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 : 55-56

Pyrops condorinus ( Lallemand, 1960)

( Figs 3 , 16A )

= Fulgora spinolae condorina — Lallemand 1960: 7 [original description].

= Fulgora spinolae f. condorina — Lallemand 1963: 76 [keyed].

= Pyrops condorina — Nagai & Porion 1996: 24 [catalogued], 29 [taxonomic note], pl. 12, fig. 170 [type illustrated].

= Pyrops spinolae condorinus — Liang 1998: 45 [taxonomic note].

= Pyrops condorinus — Constant et al. 2016: 10 [recorded from Cambodia, taxonomy, plant association], fig. 3E [live specimen]; Constant & Pham 2022: 131 [catalogued], fig. 4 [type illustrated], fig. 5 [pale wing form illustration], 138 [keyed]; Jiaranaisakul et al. 2023: 5 [catalogued, redescribed], fig 1 A, C, E, G [compared to P. spinolae ( Westwood, 1842) ], figs 2-6 [illustration of habitus, male genitalia, live specimen, distribution map].

Diagnosis. (1) cephalic process strongly elongated and slender ( Fig. 3C–D ); (2) head black or greenish brown (fig. 3 D); (3) median carina of mesonotum yellowish orange ( Fig. 3D ); (4) tegmina slightly narrow, black with light green veins, yellow spots not fused into bands ( Fig. 3A ); (5) hind wings variable: orange, yellow or pale blue basally ( Fig. 3A–B ).

Mesurements and ratio. TL: ♁ (n = 5): 34.3 mm (32.4–35.6 mm); ♀ (n = 4): 37.9 mm (36.4—39.6 mm); TL+process: ♁ (n = 5): 48.8 mm (46.5–51.7 mm); ♀ (n = 4): 55.2 mm (53.8–55.8 mm); LTg/BTg = 3.02; BF/BPrH = 2.62; LPr/LF = 3.36; LPr/BPrH = 10.82.

Material examined. 1♁, 1♀: Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Mu Si District , 14°30’39.9”N 101°22’35.6”E; 24.IX.2019, K. Jiaranaisakul leg. KJ02-00058—KJ02-00059 ( THNHM) ; 2♁♁; Nakhon Ratchasima, Mu Si District ; 14°30’39.9”N 101°22’35.6”E, 31.VIII.2020, K. Jiaranaisakul leg., KJ02-00161—KJ02-00162 ( THNHM) ; 2 ♁♁, 3 ♀♀: Chonburi Province, Chanta Ten Waterfall, 7.VII.2022, K. Jiaranaisakul leg., KJ02-00301, KJ02- 00303—KJ02-00306 ( RBMF) .

Material examined from iNaturalist.

Chonburi Province: Si Racha Dist., 13°15’00.0”N 101°03’00.0”E, 5 specimens: 2 ex., 7.VII.2022, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 7.VII.2022, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 17.VI.2023, andaman; 1 ex., 27.VIII.2023, benjamynweil.

Nakhon Ratchasima Province: Khon Buri Dist., 14°34’00.0”N 102°09’00.0”E, 1 specimen; 1 ex. 13.VII.2017, k_jiaranaisakul.

Sa Kaeo Province: Mueang Sa Kaeo Dist., 13°59’00.0”N 102°12’00.0”E, 7 specimens : 1 ex., 19.VII.2020, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 18.IX.2021, petereric; 1 ex., 10.VII.2022, kinbutterflies; 2 ex., 11.IX.2022, noppawan1; 2 ex., 10.VIII.2023, ppangtotori.

Distribution. Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam ( Constant et al. 2016; Jiaranaisakul et al., 2023)

Notes. There are three plant associations recorded for P. condorinus : Sandoricum koetjape (Burm.f.) Merr. ( Meliaceae ) in Cambodia ( Constant et al. 2016), Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Wight ex Arn. ( Fabaceae ) (new plant association) and an unidentified Meliaceae in Thailand ( Jiaranaisakul et al., 2023).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Pyrops condorinus (Lallemand, 1960), ♁, Chonburi Province, Chanta Ten Waterfall, 7.VII.2022 (RBMF). (A) ha- bitus, dorsal view; (B) habitus, ventral view; (C) habitus, lateral view; (D) head and thorax, dorsal view; (E) head, perpendicular view of frons.

FIGURE 16. Distribution map of Pyrops spp. (A) P. atroalbus (Distant, 1918), red circle; P. clavatus (Westwood, 1839), yellow triangle; P. condorinus (Lallemand, 1960), green square; (B) P. connectens (Atkinson, 1885), red circle; P. ducalis (Stål, 1863), yellow triangle; P. itoi (Satô & Nagai, 1994), green square.