Review of the lanternfly genus Pyrops of Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) with notes and keys to species Author Jiaranaisakul, Kawin 0000-0002-8705-986X Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, 73140, Thailand. kawin.jia@ku.th Author Constant, Jerome Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O. D. Phylogeny and Taxonomy, Entomology, Vautier street 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium. Author Pinkaew, Nantasak Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, 73140, Thailand. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-01-03 5397 1 47 79 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5397.1.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.1.3 1175-5326 10468319 0B843235-4B03-45AE-B998-54E696FB90AA Pyrops atroalbus ( Distant, 1918 ) ( Figs 14A , 16A ) = Fulgora atroalba — Distant 1918: 199 [original description]. = Laternaria atroalba — Metcalf 1947: 187 [transferred to Laternaria ; catalogued]. = Fulgora watanabei apicalis — Lallemand 1963: 90 [considered as a junior synonym of Fulgora watanabei atroalba ( Distant, 1918 ) (erroneous)]. = Fulgora watanabei atroalba — Lallemand 1963: 90 [transferred back to Fulgora Linnaeus, 1767 and considered as a subspecies of P. watanabei (erroneous)]. = Fulgora watanabei var. formosana — Lallemand 1963: 90 [considered as a junior synonym of Fulgora watanabei atroalba ( Distant, 1918 ) (erroneous)]. = Pyrops watanabei apicalis — Nagai & Porion 1996: 26 [transferred to Pyrops Spinola, 1839 but still considered as a junior synonym of Fulgora watanabei atroalba (erroneous)]. = Pyrops watanabei atroalba — Nagai & Porion 1996: 26 , pl. 18, fig. 223 [transferred to Pyrops Spinola, 1839 but still considered as a subspecies of P. watanabei (erroneous), type illustrated]. = Pyrops watanabei formosana — Nagai & Porion 1996: 26 [transferred to Pyrops Spinola, 1839 but still considered as a junior synonym of Fulgora watanabei atroalba (erroneous)]. = Pyrops atroalbus — Constant & Pham 2017: 5 [combination revived], figs 1, 5 [illustrated]; Constant & Pham 2022: 138 [listed, keyed], fig. 9 [illustrated]. Diagnosis. (1) cephalic process bright yellow, clavated at the apex ( Constant & Pham, 2017 : Fig. 1A, D–F ); (2) tegmina with strongly contrasting pattern, pale yellow-white with black markings ( Constant & Pham, 2017 : Fig. 1A–B ); (3) posterior wings white proximally, black apically; (4) abdomen pale brown dorsally, black ventrally ( Constant & Pham, 2017 : Fig. 1B ). Material examined from photographs. 1 ex. : Chiang Mai Prov . , Maerim District , 18°55′39.0″N , 98°49′36.0″E , 14 March 2016 , © P. Jirasuttayaporn . Distribution. Laos , Thailand , and Vietnam ( Constant & Pham, 2017 ). Notes. The specimen from Maerim District , Chiang Mai Province was observed in agricultural area at 1205 alt. The plant that this species is associated with remains unknown .