Pyrops candelaria (Linnaeus, 1758), 1906

Constant, Jérôme & Bartlett, Charles R., 2019, New records and species in five planthopper families from Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia with checklist of Cambodian planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha), Belgian Journal of Entomology 83, pp. 1-27 : 1-27

Pyrops candelaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fig. 6 B

MATERIAL EXAMINED

CAMBODIA: 1♂ ( Fig. 6 B ): Mondulkiri Province, Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, near O Pam station, 12°11’39”N 107°01’01”E, 14–24.XI.2018, leg. J. Constant, I.G.: 33.919 ( RBINS) .

NOTE. The specimen was found on a big tree trunk at night. Trophobiosis with ants of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 was observed and documented for this specimen ( Fig. 6 B ). The ants were sitting still behind the lanternfly, presumably waiting for honeydew. The previous record of this species in Mondulkiri Province was from Sen Monorom; this species is often found on cultivated trees of the family Sapindaceae (litchi and longan trees).

Figures

Fig. 6. Fulgoridae spp., in nature in Keo Seima W.S. A, Aphaena sp., ♀. B, Pyrops candelaria (Linnaeus, 1758), ♂ showing trophobiotic interaction with ants. C–D, Penthicodes atomaria (Weber, 1801). C, ♀ showing trophobiotic interaction with ant. D, egg mass.