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 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 ) . 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. 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).