Pyrops connectens ( Atkinson, 1885 )

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 : 56-58

Pyrops connectens ( Atkinson, 1885)

( Figs 4 , 16B )

= Fulgora connectens — Atkinson 1885: 130 [original description]; Distant 1906: 186 [described, recorded from Myanmar]; Lallemand 1963: 72 [described, keyed].

= Laternaria connectens — Metcalf 1947: 194 [catalogued].

= Pyrops connectens — Nagai & Porion 1996: 24 [catalogued], pl. 13, fig. 182 [illustrated]; Jiaranaisakul & Constant 2021: 13 [recorded from Thailand], fig. 2 A–B [live specimen].

Diagnosis. (1) cephalic process black dorsally, strongly curved ( Fig. 4C–D ); (2) tegmina with large yellow spots forming parallel bands basally, clavus and costal area black with three yellow spots at clavus and four spots at costal area ( Fig. 4A ); (3) posterior wings pale blue or milky white basally ( Fig. 4A ); (4) legs entirely dark grey ( Fig. 4B ).

Mesurements and ratio. TL: ♀ (n = 3): 49.5 mm (48.7–50.7 mm); TL+process: ♀ (n = 3): 70.7 mm (70.1–72 mm); LTg/BTg = 2.48; BF/BPrH = 2.32; LPr/LF = 4.11; LPr/BPrH = 9.54.

Material examined. 2 ♀♀: Ratchaburi Province, Suan Phueng District, Khao Laem , 13°32’30.9”N 099°12’11.2”E, 860 m .a.s.l., 10.IV.2022, K. Jiaranaisakul leg., KJ02-00262—KJ02-00263 ( RBMF) ; 1 ♀: same data, 14.VI.2022, K. Jiaranaisakul leg., KJ02-00279 ( THNHM) .

Material examined from iNaturalist.

Nakhon Si Thammarat Province: Lan Saka Dist., 8°27’00.0”N 99°44’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 22.VI.2022, pisitpong; Na Bon Dist., 8°17’00.0”N 99°39’00.0”E, 2 specimen: 2 ex., 24.VII.2020, jeerasak; Phrommakhiri Dist. , 8°31’00.0”N 99°46’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 23.VII.2019, liangfern; Thung Song Dist. , 8°10’00.0”N 99°44’00.0”E, 23.VII.2019, atiwatboonrit .

Phatthalung Province: Si Banphot Dist. , 7°40’00.0”N 99°52’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 24.VII.2017, parinyaherp .

Phuket Province: Thalang Dist. , 7°57’00.0”N 98°20’00.0”E, 2 specimens: 2 ex., 21.VII.2016, ian_dugdale .

Surat Thani Province: Phanom Dist., 8°54’00.0”N 98°31’00.0”E, 2 specimens: 1 ex., 10.III.2015, lungchris; 1 ex., 27.III.2021, k_jiaranaisakul.

Ratchaburi Province: Suan Phueng Dist., 13°35’00.0”N 99°13’00.0”E, 6 specimens: 1 ex., 28.VII.2020, k_ jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 10.IV.2022, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 12.IV.2022, parinyaherp; 1 ex., 14.V.2022, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 24.V.2023, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 22.VII.2023, k_jiaranaisakul.

Distribution. Myanmar and Thailand.

Notes. The species was found on an unidentified tree that probably belongs to the family Ebenaceae . All specimens were observed near streams, or along the mountain ridge in evergreen forest (860—1010 m alt).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Pyrops connectens (Atkinson, 1885), ♀, Ratchaburi Province, Suan Phueng District, Khao Laem, 10.IV.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 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.