Fulgoridae Latreille, 1807

Constant, Jérôme & Mohan, Ashwini Venkatanarayana, 1801, The lanternflies from Andaman and Nicobar: one new Pyrops species, new records and illustrated key to the species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 49, pp. 1-24 : 1-24

Family Fulgoridae Latreille, 1807

Identification key to the Fulgoridae species of Andaman and Nicobar.

1. Head with long curved cephalic process directed anterodorsally ( Fig. 1 E ) ........................... ...................................................................................................................... [genus Pyrops ] 2

- Head without cephalic process ( Fig. 4 B ) or with a very small process folded on vertex ( Fig. 6 C ) .............................................................................................................................. 4

2. Head black with frons and ventral part of cephalic process yellow ( Fig. 1 E, G ); femora yellow-brown ( Fig. 1 C ); tegmina with yellowish white spots including a central yelloworange spot ( Fig. 1 A )................................................ Pyrops andamanensis ( Distant, 1880)

- Head mostly bluish green ( Fig. 2 C ) or dark brown ( Fig. 3 ); femora dark brown to black ( Fig. 2 D ); tegmina with spots unicolorous ( Fig. 2 A ) or including a central spot coloured as the rest of the tegmen ( Fig. 3 A )....................................................................................... 3

3. Head mostly bluish green ( Fig. 2 C ); spots on tegmina uniformly bluish white ( Fig. 2 A ); tegmina with corium and membrane similarly coloured ( Fig. 2 A ) ........................................ ..................................................................………............................ Pyrops azureus sp. nov.

- Head dark brown ( Fig. 3 D ); spots on tegmina white with central spot coloured as tegmen ( Fig. 3 A ); tegmina with corium blackish green and membrane brown ( Fig. 3 A )................. ................................................................................................ Pyrops rogersi ( Distant, 1906)

4. Head without cephalic process ( Fig. 4 B ); frons smooth, without carinae ( Fig. 4 D ); tegmina with very dense reticulum of veins and cross-veinlets ( Fig. 4 A ) ............................. ............................................................................................. Polydictya negrito Distant, 1906

- Head with small cephalic process folded on vertex ( Fig. 6 C ); frons with three longitudinal carinae ( Fig. 6 D ); tegmina without very dense reticulum of veins and cross-veinlets, cross-veinlets only on membrane ( Fig. 6 A )..................................................[genus Penthicodes ] 5

5. Head with cephalic process distinct ( Fig. 5 C ); dorsum of abdomen brown ( Fig. 5 A ); tegmina with corium partly bluish green and membrane distinctly paler ( Fig. 5 A ); posterior wings brown with large blue marking ( Fig. 5 A )..................................................... .............................................................. Penthicodes (Penthicodes) nicobarica (Stål, 1869)

- Head with cephalic process indistinct, strongly compressed on vertex ( Fig. 6 C ); dorsum of abdomen bright red ( Fig. 6 A ); tegmina brown with black markings ( Fig. 6 A , 7 A ); posterior wings largely bright red and/or orange ( Fig. 6 A , 7 A )......................................... 6

6. Head and pronotum pale yellow-brown, mesonotum black-brown ( Fig. 6 C ); tegmina with membrane unspotted and usually 2 large spots on costal cell ( Fig. 6 A ); legs uniformly dark brown to black ( Fig. 6 B ) ................................................................................................ ................................................................ Penthicodes (Ereosoma) atomaria (Weber, 1801)

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

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Figures

Fig. 1. Pyrops andamanensis (Distant, 1880), female holotype. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, labels. C, habitus, ventral view. D, habitus, lateral view. E, head and thorax, lateral view. F, apex of cephalic process, anterior view. G, frons, normal view.

Fig. 4. Polydictya negrito (Distant, 1906), male syntype. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, head and thorax, dorsal view. C, habitus, ventral view. D, frons, normal view. E, labels.

Fig. 6. Penthicodes (Ereosoma) atomaria (Weber, 1801), male. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, ventral view. C, head and thorax, dorsal view. D, frons, normal view. E, habitus, lateral view.

Fig. 2. Pyrops azureus sp. nov., male holotype. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, vertex, pro and mesonotum, dorsal view. C, head and prothorax, lateral view. D, habitus, ventral view. E, habitus, lateral view. F, frons, normal view. G, apex of cephalic process, anterior view.

Fig. 3. Pyrops rogersi (Distant, 1906), female holotype. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, ventral view. C, frons, normal view. D, head and thorax, lateral view. E, habitus, lateral view. F, labels.

Fig. 5. Penthicodes (Penthicodes) nicobarica (Stål, 1869), female holotype. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, ventral view. C, head and thorax, dorsal view. D, labels. E, frons, normal view.

Fig. 7. Penthicodes (Ereosoma) pulchella (Guérin-Méneville, 1838), male. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, ventral view. C, head and thorax, dorsal view. D, frons, normal view. E, habitus, lateral view.