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
Genus
Pyrops
Spinola, 1839
Pyrops
Spinola, 1839: 231
.
Type
species:
Pyrops candelaria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
by subsequent designation by Duponchel (1840: 200).
=
Hotinus
Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843: 490
.
Type
species:
Pyrops candelaria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
by original designation. Synonymy by Blanchard (1845: 425).
Diagnosis.
The characteristics of the genus were given by
Lallemand (1963)
and
Constant (2015)
: head with cephalic process; apically dilated or spherical. Vertex about 4 times as broad as an eye. Genae truncated with a transverse carina, sometimes extending to vertex. Two longitudinal carinae on frons, a median carina starting on base of cephalic process. Frontoclypeal suture slightly bisinuate; clypeus with median carina. Pronotum with median carina and a small but strongly impressed on each side. Mesonotum with median and peridiscal carinae. Tegmina about 3 times as long as broad. Clavus open and elongate, vein A
1
+A
2
extending far toward apex. Legs slender.