Ereosoma Kirkaldy, 1906

Jiaranaisakul, Kawin, Makbun, Noppadon & Constant, Jérôme, 2010, The lanternflies of the Penthicodes (Ereosoma) atomaria + species group in Thailand: New records and host plants (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 1-15 : 1-15

Subgenus Ereosoma Kirkaldy, 1906

Identification key to the species of the Penthicodes (Ereosoma) atomaria + species group

1. Head and pronotum pale yellow-brown, mesonotum black-brown ( Fig. 1 E ) ...................... 2

- Head and thorax uniformly coloured ( Fig. 7 D ); tegmina with small dark brown spots on membrane and costal cell without 2 large black spots, showing only small dark brown spots ( Fig. 7 D ); legs with pale rings ( Fig. 7 D )...................................................................... ................................................ Penthicodes (Ereosoma) pulchella (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

2. Tegmina without large spots on costal cell but 2 larger spots on disc ( Fig. 1 E ); legs with pale rings ( Fig. 1 E ) .................................... Penthicodes (Ereosoma) warleti Constant, 2010

- Tegmina with membrane unspotted and usually 2 large spots on costal cell ( Fig. 5 ); legs uniformly dark brown to black ( Fig. 5 ) ................................................................................... .................................................................. Penthicodes (Ereosoma) atomaria (Weber, 1801)

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Figures

Fig. 1. Penthicodes (Ereosoma) warleti Constant, 2010. A–D, ♂. A, habitus, dorsal view. B, head and prothorax, lateral view. C, habitus, ventral view. D, head, pro- and mesonotum, dorsal view. E, ♀, habitus, dorsal view.

Fig. 7. Penthicodes (Ereosoma) pulchella Guérin-Méneville, 1838 in nature (photograph by K. Jiaranaisakul). A, on Shorea obtusa (Dipterocarpaceae). B, hiding behaviour under the bark of Shorea obtusa. C, on Lagerstroemia cf. floribunda (Lythraceae). D, hiding behaviour under the bark of Lagerstroemia cf. floribunda.

Fig. 5. Penthicodes (Ereosoma) atomaria (Weber, 1801) in nature (photographs by K. Jiaranaisakul). A, on Castanopsis diversifolia (Fagaceae). B, on Lagerstroemia macrocarpa (Lythraceae).