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.
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-01-03
5397
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5397.1.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5397.1.3
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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].
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.
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
).