Pyrops samaranus ( Baker, 1925 )

Yap, Sheryl A., Amarga, Ace Kevin S. & Constant, Jérôme, 2012, The new polillensis group in the lanternfly genus Pyrops: Taxonomy, distribution and host plant (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 55, pp. 1-14 : 1-14

Pyrops samaranus ( Baker, 1925) sp. rev.

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Fulgora samarana BAKER, 1925: 361 [keyed]; 362 [described in the P. clavatus group]; pl. 1 fig. 1, pl. 2 fig. 1 [habitus]; pl. 9 fig. 2 [tegmen]; pl. 10 fig. 2 [posterior wing].

Pyrops silighinii PORION & AUDIBERT, 2017: 1 [described]; figs 3–4 [habitus, head] syn. nov.

Laternaria samarana – METCALF, 1947: 204 [catalogued].

Fulgora samarana – LALLEMAND, 1963: 89 [keyed, described, possible synonym of P. polillensis ].

Pyrops samarana – NAGAI & PORION, 1996: 26 [catalogued; junior synonym of P. polillensis (error)].

Pyrops samaranus – LIANG, 1998: 45 [listed]. – CONSTANT & PHAM, 2017: 2 [historical classification].

Pyrops polillensis – NAGAI & PORION, 1996: pl. 11 fig. 167 [habitus].

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. PHILIPPINES: 1♂, 3♀♀ syntypes (examined from photographs, Fig. 5 ): Island Samar, Baker ( USNM) .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. PHILIPPINES: 1♂: Leyte, Mt Balocaue , VIII.2015 ( RBINS) coordinates: 10°34'27"N 125°00'44"E ; 1♀: Mindanao, Mt Parker , XII.2013 ( RBINS) coordinates: 6°06'48"N 124°53'30"E .

ADDITIONAL DATA. PHILIPPINES: Samar, eastern Samar ( BAKER, 1925) coordinates: 12°13'N 125°15'E ; Mindanao: Sarangani Prov., Kiamba ( PORION & AUDIBERT, 2017) coordinates: 6°01'23"N 124°38'02"E .

11 MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer and anal tube dark brown; gonostyli dark brown, paler at proximodorsal angle. Pygofer higher than long, with posterior margin slightly sinuate in lateral view ( Fig. 3 D ). Anal tube 1.04 times as broad as long, broader at 2/3 of total length ( Fig. 3 E ) and strongly surpassing apex of gonostyli in lateral view ( Fig. 3 D ); lateral margins broadly rounded on distal half ( Fig. 3 E ) and apical margin strongly notched in dorsal view ( Fig. 3 E ). Gonostyli moderately elongate with ventral margin slightly curved and apical margin rather broadly rounded in lateral view ( Fig. 3 D ); mediobasal lateral hook projecting lateroventrally and strongly pointed ( Fig. 3 D, F ).

NOTE. BAKER (1925) described the species based on “a considerable series” from the forests on the eastern side of Samar Island. He gave a good set of characters allowing the separation of the species from P. polillensis . However, LALLEMAND (1963) considered the species as a potential synonym of P. polillensis , stating that it could be a local form or the male of the latter. NAGAI & PORION (1996) shared that view and synonymized P. samaranus under P. polillensis . However, they illustrated, under the same name P. polillensis , both species in their catalogue: fig. 167 actually shows a specimen of P. samaranus from “the Philippines ” without more precision, collected by J.J. Mounsey in the BMNH collections (M. Webb pers. comm., IX.2017). Examination of photographs of syntypes and comparison to the illustrations of the recently described P. silighinii in the original description ( PORION & AUDIBERT, 2017) combined with the study of a pair of specimens of P. samaranus from Mindanao and Leyte in RBINS collections, support the synonymy of P. silighinii under P. samaranus . The data from the collections of MHNL and RBINS also greatly extend southwards the distribution of the species to Leyte and the southern part of Mindanao.

DISTRIBUTION. Philippines: Samar, Leyte, Mindanao ( Fig. 4 ).

Figures

Fig. 3. Pyrops polillensis species group, male genitalia. A–C, Pyrops polillensis. A, pygofer, anal tube and gonostylus, left lateral view. B, anal tube and pygofer, dorsal view. C, gonostyli and pygofer, posteroventral view. D–F, Pyrops samaranus. D, pygofer, anal tube and gonostylus, left lateral view. E, anal tube and pygofer, dorsal view. F, gonostyli and pygofer, posteroventral view. An, anal tube – G, gonostylus – Py, pygofer.

Fig. 4. Pyrops polillensis species group, distribution map in the Philippines.

Fig. 5. Pyrops samaranus (Baker, 1925) syntypes. A, dorsal view, upper row: female; bottom orw, left to right: female, male, female. B, female, ventral view. C, male, lateral view. D, male, normal view of frons. E, label (photographs by A. Kennedy).