Pyrops watanabei ( Matsumura, 1913 )

Constant, Jérôme & Pham, Hong-Thai, 2017, Review of the clavatus group of the lanternfly genus Pyrops (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), European Journal of Taxonomy 305, pp. 1-26 : 18-23

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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.305

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Pyrops watanabei ( Matsumura, 1913 )
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Pyrops watanabei ( Matsumura, 1913) View in CoL

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Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei Matsumura, 1913: 54 View in CoL [described; close to “ Fulgora ponderosus ” ( Stål, 1854) ], pl. 8, fig. 1 [habitus illustrated] (types in HUIC).

Fulgora chimara Schumacher, 1915a: 129 View in CoL [described] (Types in MFNB and SDEI) [synonymized by Kato (1928); reinstated as good species by Metcalf (1947); re-synonymized by Lallemand (1963)].

Fulgora watanabei var. apicalis Kato, 1928: 221 View in CoL [described; host plant], pl. 9, fig. 1 [habitus illustrated] (type in UMUT). syn. nov. [name preoccupied by Fulgora apicalis Westwood, 1838 View in CoL , replaced by F. watanabei var. formosana View in CoL by Metcalf (1947)].

Fulgora watanabei var. formosana Metcalf, 1947: 208 View in CoL [replacement name for F. watanabei var. apicalis View in CoL ]. syn. nov.

Fulgora chimara View in CoL – Schumacher 1915b: 110 [listed from “ Formosa ” (= Taiwan)]. — Kato 1928: 221 [synonymized under Pyrops watanabei ( Matsumura, 1913) View in CoL ]. — Metcalf 1947: 193 [catalogued as a good species]. — Lallemand 1963: 89 [synonymized under Pyrops watanabei ( Matsumura, 1913) View in CoL ].

Fulgora watanabei View in CoL – Kato 1928: 221 [listed; senior synonym of Fulgora chimara Schumacher, 1915 View in CoL ; host plant]. — Mutsumura 1931: 1267 [described; illustrated]. — Chou et al. 1985: 118 [described; mentioned from Taiwan and China (Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan)].

Hotinus watanabei – Matsumura 1931: pl. 8, fig. 12 [illustrated].

Pyrops watanabei View in CoL – Nagai & Porion 1996: 26 [catalogued; mentioned from China (erroneous)]. — Liang & Suwa 1998: 157 [lectotype designation]. — Yen & Yang 2001 [description; biology; distribution; protection status].

Diagnosis

The species is immediately recognized by the following combination of characters:

(1) cephalic process yellow and inflated apically ( Fig. 4 View Fig D–E).

(2) abdomen red ventrally ( Fig. 4B View Fig ).

(3) tegmina mainly white on disc and with 3 black spots in costal area before nodal line ( Fig. 4A View Fig ).

Etymology

The species was dedicated to its collector, Kenji Watanabe.

Type material

TAIWAN: Lectotype, ♀ of Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei Matsumura, 1913 (examined from photographs, Fig. 16 View Figs 16–18 ) [ Hotinus watanabei Mats. ] [ Hotinus watanabei Mats. ] [ Hotinus watanabei det Matsumura] [Formosa Matsumura/ underside: Hoppo, 1 st VII ‘07] [Type Matsumura] [Lectotype Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei Mats. det. A.P. Liang & M. Suwa 1997] ( HUIC).

TAIWAN: Paralectotype, ♀ of Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei Matsumura, 1913 (examined from photographs, Fig. 17 View Figs 16–18 ) [Hoppo] [Paralectotype Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei Mats. det. A.P. Liang & M. Suwa 1997] ( HUIC).

TAIWAN: Paralectotype, ♀ of Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei Matsumura, 1913 (examined from photographs, Fig. 18 View Figs 16–18 ) [Formosa Matsumura / underside: Hoppo, 27 VII ‘07] [Paralectotype Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei Mats. det. A.P. Liang & M. Suwa 1997] ( HUIC).

TAIWAN: Syntype, ♀ of Fulgora chimara Schumacher, 1915 ( Fig. 19 View Figs 19–21 ) [Formosa, Hoozan, VIII.10, H. Sauter S.G.] [ Fulgora chimara * Schum., F. Schumacher det.] [Type] ( MFNB).

TAIWAN: Syntype, ♀ of Fulgora chimara Schumacher, 1915 (examined from photographs, Fig. 20 View Figs 19–21 ) [Kosempo, Formosa, H. Sauter, VII. X.1911] [ Fulgora chimara * Schum., F. Schumacher det.] [Syntypus] ( SDEI).

TAIWAN: Holotype, ♀ of Fulgora watanabei var. apicalis Kato, 1928 (examined from photographs, Fig. 21 View Figs 19–21 ) [Horisha, Formosa (VIII.1919) Col. M. Kato.] [Type No. 95, M. Kato coll.] ( UMUT).

Additional material

TAIWAN: 1 ♀, Taipei city, Congguan Nat. Taiwan University Campus, 2007, leg. W.B. Yeh ( RBINS); 1 ♂ (dissected), 1 ♀, Taipei, Tanshui, 14 Jun. 2002, J.H. Chen ( NMNS).

Material examined from photographs

TAIWAN: eggs ( Fig. 22A View Fig ), Taipei City, 28 Jul. 2012, S. Chen; eggs ( Fig. 22B View Fig ), idem, 19 Feb. 2016; 1 nymph ( Fig. 22C View Fig ), Nantou County, 14 Feb. 2012, S. Chen; 1 nymph ( Fig. 22D View Fig ): Taipei City, 7 Jun. 2012, on Triadica sebifera, S. Chen ; 1 ex. ( Fig. 22 View Fig E–F), idem, 16 Aug. 2012, on Triadica sebifera, S. Chen ; 1 ex. ( Fig. 22G View Fig ), idem, predated by a Sparassidae spider; 5 ex. ( Fig. 22H View Fig ), Taipei City, 6 Aug. 2011, on Triadica sebifera, S. Chen.

Measurements and ratios

TL: ♂ (n=1): 3.9 cm; LPr: 1.0 cm; TL: ♀ (n=2): 4.3 cm (4.0–4.6); LPr: 1.1 cm (1.0–1.2); LTg/BTg = 2.31; BF/BPrH = 2.53; LPr/LF = 2.82; LPr/BPrH = 2.55.

Male genitalia

Pygofer higher than long, with posterior margin sinuate in lateral view ( Fig. 8A View Figs 6–8 ). Anal tube slightly elongate, 1.1 times as long as broad in dorsal view, broader at 4/5 of total length ( Fig. 8C View Figs 6–8 ); lateral margins slightly sinuate and apical margin strongly concave in dorsal view ( Fig. 8C View Figs 6–8 ). Gonostyli ( Fig. 8A View Figs 6–8 ) elongate, 1.77 times as long as high in lateral view; dorsal margin regularly and broadly rounded and posterior margin slightly projecting posteriorly in middle in lateral view ( Fig. 8A View Figs 6–8 ).

Biology

The species was recorded on Triadica sebifera (L.) Small ( Euphorbiaceae ) by Kato (1928), and on the same tree and Sapium discolor Muell. -Arg. ( Euphorbiaceae ) by Yen & Yang (2015). Those data were confirmed by multiple observations in the field; freshly laid eggs were observed at the end of July, nymphs in February and June (pers. comm. S. Chen, Dec. 2015)

Distribution

Taiwan.

Remarks

This species was mentioned from China by Chou et al. (1985) and Nagai & Porion (1996). However, no specimen of P. watanabei could be found either in the collections of NWAFU, where Chou and co-authors worked (pers. comm. D. Qin, Jun. 2016), in the collections of IZCAS (pers. comm. Z.S. Song, Jun. 2016), or in the collections of MHNL, and there are also no photographic records available supporting the presence of the species on the continent. Hence, the species is removed from the list of Chinese Fulgoridae and is regarded as endemic in Taiwan.

Like in P. clavatus , this species shows specimens with posterior wings entirely white and others with the apical third black.

HUIC

Hacettepe University Ichthyological Collection

MFNB

Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale

UMUT

University Museum, University of Tokyo

RBINS

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

NMNS

National Museum of Natural Science

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Fulgoridae

Genus

Pyrops

Loc

Pyrops watanabei ( Matsumura, 1913 )

Constant, Jérôme & Pham, Hong-Thai 2017
2017
Loc

Pyrops watanabei

Liang A. - P. & Suwa M. 1998: 157
Nagai S. & Porion T. 1996: 26
Yen & Yang 2001
1996
Loc

Fulgora watanabei var. formosana

Metcalf Z. P. 1947: 208
1947
Loc

Fulgora watanabei var. apicalis

Kato M. 1928: 221
1928
Loc

Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei

Matsumura S. 1913: 54
1913
Loc

Fulgora chimara Schumacher, 1915a: 129

Fulgora chimara Schumacher, 1915a: 129
Loc

Fulgora chimara

Lallemand V. 1963: 89
Metcalf Z. P. 1947: 193
Kato M. 1928: 221
Schumacher 1915b: 110
Loc

Fulgora watanabei

Kato 1928: 221
Chou et al. 1985: 118
Loc

Hotinus watanabei

Matsumura 1931
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