Pyrops philippinus ( Stål, 1870 )

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 philippinus ( Stål, 1870)

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Fulgora philippina STÅL, 1870: 740 [described, compared with Pyrops lathburii Kirby, 1818 ]. Syntypes in NHRS and MFNB .

Fulgora philippina – ATKINSON, 1885: 130 [listed in section A grouping species with orange posterior wings]. — LALLEMAND, 1963: 75 [keyed, described, compared to P. candelaria (L., 1758) and P. spinolae (Westwood, 1842) ].

Laternaria philippina – METCALF, 1947: 202 [catalogued, transferred to Laternaria ].

Pyrops philippina – NAGAI & PORION, 1996: 25 [catalogued, transferred to Pyrops ]; pl. 14, fig. 193 [syntype illustrated].

Pyrops philippinus – LIANG, 1998: 44 [catalogued].

non Fulgora philippina – BAKER, 1925: 349 [keyed], 351 [described based on specimens from Samar Island], pl. 1, fig. 5 [dorsal view], pl. 2 fig. 3 [lateral view] (based on misidentified specimens!).

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

(1) posterior wings bright yellow with distal third black brown ( Fig. 8 A );

(2) cephalic process elongate, curved and narrowing from base to proximal 1/3, then parallelsided in dorsal view ( Fig. 8 C, E–F );

(3) dorsum and sides of head brown-black basally progressively turning to green after proximal 1/4–1/3; frons pale and base of cephalic process ventrally pale yellowish turning to green after proximal 1/4–1/3 of process; apex of cephalic process bright yelllow ( Fig. 8 C, E–F );

(4) tegmina with ground colour green and veins concolorous on corium, then with ground colour black-brown and yellow venation beyond nodal line; numerous small bright yellow dots distributed over tegmina, including 4 in costal area before nodal line ( Fig. 8 A, D );

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS. The most similar species in the Philippines are P. auratus sp. nov. and P. nishiyamai , both with bright yellow posterior wings, from which P. philippinus differs by the black area of the posterior wings covering the distal 1/3 (only a narrow black band along apical margin in both other species).

The continental species P. astarte (Distant, 1914) , P. candelaria (L., 1758), P. condorinus (Lallemand, 1960) , P. delessertii (Guérin-Méneville, 1840) , P. lathburii (Kirby, 1818) , P. peguensis (Schmidt, 1911) , P. spinolae (Westwood, 1848) and P. viridirostris (Westwood, 1848) , as well as P. jasmini Chew Kea Foo, Porion & Audibert, 2010 from Sulawesi, share the character of the bright yellow posterior wings but P. philippinus can be easily separated from all these species by its entirely yellow pronotum.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. TYPE MATERIAL. PHILIPPINES: 4 syntypes: 1♂ ( Fig. 5 ) [Paratypus] [493 62] [Riksmuseum Stockholm] [NHRS-HEMI 000000190] ( NHRS); 1♂ ( Fig. 6 ) [Ins. Philipp.] [Semper] [ Fulgora philippina Stål ] [Riksmuseum Stockholm] [NHRS-HEMI 000000248] ( NHRS); 1♀ ( Fig. 7 A–F ) [ philippinus Stål * Philippi Semper] [8296] [Typus] ( MFNB); 1♀ ( Fig. 7 G–L ) [ philippinus n. Fulgor. philippina Stål Ins. Philipp. Semper ] [Typus] ( MFNB) .

NOTES. BAKER (1925) erroneously described and illustrated a specimen of P. auratus sp. nov. under the name P. philippinus (mentioned as Fulgora philippina ). The differences in the markings of the tegmina and hindwings between the type specimens of P. philippinus and Baker’s illustrations were already mentioned by LALLEMAND (1963).

The type series of P. philippinus consists of 4 syntypes (2 in MFNB and 2 in NHRS) instead of one holotype and one paratype in NHRS as stated by LALLEMAND (1963). STÅL (1870) did not designate a holotype for his new species.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. PHILIPPINES, Mindanao: 1♂ ( Fig. 8 ): Philippines, Mindanao , Agusan del Sur, Esperanza , IV. 2014, 8°41’N 125°39’E, local collector, I.G.: 32.882 ( RBINS) .

SUPPLEMENTARY DESCRIPTION. Male terminalia: ( Fig. 9 ) brown with anal tube darker and a paler oblique area on basidorsal portion of gonostyli. Pygofer higher than long, with posterior margin broadly rounded in lateral view ( Fig. 9 A ) and bisinuate ventrally ( Fig. 9 D ). Gonostyli ( Fig. 9 A, D ) elongate, 1.67 times longer than high in lateral view, not surpassing apex of anal tube, with dorsal margin broadly rounded, apical margin rounded and ventral margin straight in lateral view; lateral hooks of gonostyli short, strongly curved and pointing anteroventrally ( Fig. 9 A, D ). Aedeagus membranous with pair of elongate ventral endosomal processes widening on distal half and supporting each a membranous process ( Fig. 9 E–I ); one long membranous subcylindrical process on each side directed laterad, nearly straight in dorsal view and sinuate in posterior view; two membranous processes directed posterad dorsally to endosomal processes. Anal tube moderately elongate ( Fig. 9 A–C ), 1.1 times longer than broad in dorsal view, broadest at 2/3 of total length ( Fig. 9 C ); lateral margins broadly rounded, subparallel for a distance along distal 1/3 ( Fig. 9 C ) and apical margin deeply, roundly notched in dorsal view ( Fig. 9 C ).

DISTRIBUTION. Philippines, Mindanao.

Figures

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

Fig. 5. Pyrops philippinus (Stål, 1870), male syntype (NHRS). A, habitus, dorsal view. B, habitus, ventral view. C, habitus, lateral view. D, head and thorax, dorsal view. E, head, perpendicular view of frons. F, head and thorax, lateral view. G, labels.

Fig. 6. Pyrops philippinus (Stål, 1870), male syntype (NHRS). A, habitus, dorsal view. B, habitus, lateral view. C, labels. Photographs by G. Lindberg (© 2010 NHRS, made available by the NHRS under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License, CC-BY 4.0).

Fig. 7. Pyrops philippinus (Stål, 1870), syntypes (MFNB).A–F, female. A, habitus, dorsal view. B, habitus, ventral view. C, head and thorax, dorsal view. D, head and thorax, lateral view. E, head, perpendicular view of frons. F, labels. G–L, female. G, habitus, dorsal view. H, habitus, ventral view. I, head and thorax, dorsal view. J, labels. K, head and thorax, lateral view. L, 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.

Fig. 9. Pyrops philippinus (Stål, 1870), male from Mindanao, Esperanza, genitalia with inflated aedeagus (RBINS). A, pygofer, anal tube and gonostylus, left lateral view. B, anal tube, pygofer and aedeagus, dorsal view. C, anal tube and pygofer, dorsal view. D, pygofer and gonostyli, posteroventral view. E, anal tube, pygofer, gonostyli and aedeagus, posterolateral view. F, aedeagus, dorsal view. G, aedeagus, ventral view. H, aedeagus, posterior view. I, aedeagus, posterolateral view. An: anal tube; G: gonostylus; Py: pygofer.