Pyrops nishiyamai Nagai & Porion, 2002

Constant, Jérôme, 2021, Pyrops auratus, a new lanternfly from the Philippines and taxonomic note on Bornean P. gunjii (Satô & Nagai, 1994) (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 112, pp. 1-19 : 1-19

Pyrops nishiyamai Nagai & Porion, 2002

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Pyrops nishiyamai NAGAI & PORION, 2002: 6 [described; compared with P. lautus ( Stål, 1870, P. zephyrius ( Schmidt, 1907) and P. fumosus ( Baker, 1925) ]; pl. 1, fig. 4 [dorsal view of habitus]. Type in EUM.

Pyrops nishiyamai – YAP et al., 2017: 4 [listed].

DIAGNOSIS. This species can be separated from all other species of Pyrops by the following combination of characters:

(1) posterior wings bright yellow with narrow black band along apical margin ( Fig. 4 A );

(2) cephalic process elongate, weakly curved and narrowing from base to mid-length, not widening towards apex in dorsal view ( Fig. 4 A, C, E );

(3) head brown dorsally and on sides of cephalic process; frons, ventral half of genae and cephalic process ventrally pale yellowish, dorsal part of genae to anteocular carina black ( Fig. 4 A, C, E );

(4) tegmina green with unclear yellow markings forming poorly defined bands on proximal half; 5–6 large yellow markings in costal area; cells black in a narrow area extending from costal area, along distal margin, to apex of clavus; about 6–7 round yellow spots in distal zone of black cells; 4–5 yellow spots in green portion of distal half ( Fig. 4 A–B ).

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS. The most similar species is P. auratus sp. nov. ( Fig. 1 ) from which P. nishiyamai differs by its more slender (LPr/BPrH 10.6 = vs 7.56 in P. auratus sp. nov.) and mostly brown cephalic process (mostly green in auratus sp. nov.), the unclear yellow spots on tegmina (yellow transverse bands on tegmina of auratus sp. nov.) and the narrower area with black cells along apical margin. Pyrops philippinus ( Stål, 1870) ( Fig. 8 ) somewhat resembles P. nishiyamai but can be separated at first glance by the black area of posterior wings covering distal 1/3 (only a narrow black band along apical margin in P. nishiyamai ).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. TYPE MATERIAL. PHILIPPINES, Panay : holotype ♀ (examined from photographs – Fig. 4 ): [(Philippines) Panay I., 15.IX.1996 ’] [ Pyrops nishiyamai n. sp., Holotype ♀, Nagai - Porion 2002] ( EUM) .

DISTRIBUTION. Philippines: Panay.

Figures

Fig. 3. Pyrops auratus sp. nov., P. nishiyamai Nagai & Porion, 2002 and P. philippinus (Stål, 1870), distribution map.

Fig. 4. Pyrops nishiyamai Nagai & Porion, 2002, female holotype (EUM). A, habitus, dorsal view. B, habitus, ventral view. C, head, pro and mesonotum, lateral view. D, labels. E, head, perpendicular view of frons. © H. Yoshitomi.

Fig. 1. Pyrops auratus sp. nov., male holotype (RBINS). A, habitus, dorsal view. B, habitus, ventral view. C, head, pro and mesonotum, dorsal view. D, habitus, lateral view. E, head and thorax, lateral view. F, head, perpendicular view of frons.

Fig. 8. Pyrops philippinus (Stål, 1870), male from Mindanao, Esperanza (RBINS). A, habitus, dorsal view. B, habitus, ventral view. C, head, pro and mesonotum, dorsal view. D, habitus, lateral view. E, head and thorax, lateral view. F, head, perpendicular view of frons.