Pyrops itoi ( Satô & Nagai, 1994 )

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 : 60-61

Pyrops itoi ( Satô & Nagai, 1994)

( Figs 6 , 16B )

= Fulgora itoi — Satô & Nagai 1994: 310 [original description], figs 5, 11 [holotype cephalic process and habitus].

= Saiva itoi — Nagai & Porion 1996: 23 [catalogued; transferred to Saiva Distant, 1906 ], pl. 10, fig. 135 [holotype habitus].

= Pyrops shiinaorum —Nagai & Porion 2002: 6 [described], pl. 2, fig. 11 [paratype habitus]; Hutacharern et al. 2007: 88 [listed].

= Pyrops itoi — Liang 1998: 43 [catalogued]; Constant & Jiaranaisakul 2021: 5 [redescribed, compared to P. shiinaorum , noted], figs 1–2 [habitus illustrated], 4–7 [live specimen, male genitalia illustrated, distribution]; Jiaranaisakul & Constant 2021: 13 [recorded in Khao Krachom, Thailand], fig. 2 [live specimen]; Jiaranaisakul & Wonglersak 2021: 171 [catalogued], fig. 7 [illustrated]: Constant & Pham 2022: 138 [listed, keyed], fig. 13 [habitus illustrated].

Diagnosis. (1) cephalic process elongate and narrow but subcylindrical in cross-section and not laterally flattened ( Fig. 6C–D ); (2) tegmina green with small yellow spots ( Fig. 6A ); (3) posterior wings bright yellow ( Fig. 6A ); (4) abdomen yellow brown ( Fig. 6B ).

Mesurements and ratio. TL: ♁ (n = 4): 28.2 mm (27.3–29.2 mm); ♀ (n = 3): 32 mm (31.2–32.9 mm); TL+process: ♁ (n = 4): 40.1 mm (39.2–40.9 mm); ♀ (n = 3): 45.7 mm (44.4–46.6 mm); LTg/BTg = 2.92; BF/BPrH = 2.44; LPr/LF = 3.53; LPr/BPrH = 9.43.

Material examined. 1♁: Ratchaburi Province, Suan Phueng District, Khao Laem , 13°32’18.5”N 99°12’02.6”E, 1,010 m.a.s.l., 24.IV.2021, K. Wongdee leg., KJ02-00191 ( RBMF); 2♁♁, 2♀♀: Ratchaburi Province, Suan Phueng District, Khao Laem , 13°33’05.2”N 99°12’16.3”E, 630 m. a.s.l., 25.VI.2022, K. Jiaranaisakul leg., KJ02-00268—KJ02-00271 ( RBMF); 1♁: same data, 11.VII.2022, K. Jiaranaisakul leg., KJ02-00311 ( KKIC); 1♀: same data, A. Aksornneam leg., KJ02-00312 ( THNHM) .

Material examined from iNaturalist.

Chaiyaphum Province: Nong Bua Daeng Dist. , 16°23’00.0”N 101°34’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 25.III.2018, asssameme .

Chiang Rai Province: Mueang Chiang Rai Dist., 19°59’00.0”N 99°50’00.0”E, 3 specimens: 3 ex., 3.V.2023, k_jiaranaisakul.

Chonburi Province: Ban Bueng Dist., 13°13’00.0”N 101°03’00.0”E, 2 specimens: 1 ex., 26.II.2023, benjamynweil; 1 ex., 26.II.2023, james-patrick.

Nakhon Ratchasima Province: Wang Nam Khiao Dist. , 14°30’00.0”N 101°56’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 19.III.2022, kanoktipsiri .

Ratchaburi Province: Suan Phueng Dist., 13°35’00.0”N 99°13’00.0”E, 2 specimens: 1 ex., 24.IV.2022, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 1 ex., 11.VII.2022, k_jiaranaisakul.

Distribution. Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia (Peninsular), Thailand, and Vietnam.

Notes. The specimens were collected from unidentified plants in the families Meliaceae and Sapindaceae in Ratchaburi Province. Constant & Jiaranaisakul (2021) documented that the species feeds on Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. ( Lecythidaceae ) and Dimocarpus longan Lour. ( Sapindaceae ).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Pyrops itoi (Satô & Nagai, 1994), ♁, Ratchaburi Province, Suan Phueng District, Khao Laem, 25.VI.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.