Pyrops Spinola, 1839

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 : 3-4

Genus Pyrops Spinola, 1839

Pyrops Spinola, 1839: 231 .

Type species: Pyrops candelaria (Linnaeus, 1758) by subsequent designation by Duponchel (1840: 200).

Hotinus Amyot & Serville, 1843: 490 (type species Pyrops candelaria (Linnaeus, 1758) by original designation) synonymized by Blanchard 1845: 425.

After comparison with the classification proposed by Lallemand (1963) and Nagai & Porion (1996), the genus Pyrops is here removed from the subfamily Fulgorinae and not attributed to any of the currently defined subfamilies, following the conclusions of the DNA study by Urban & Cryan (2009). The subfamily Fulgorinae is found in the New World, with the Neotropical genus Fulgora Linnaeus, 1767 as type.

Diagnostic characters

The definition of the genus given by Constant (2015) is followed: head with cephalic process, sometimes very long, narrowing progressively beyond the eyes; apically it can be dilated or even spherical. Vertex about 4 times as broad as an eye. Before eyes, genae truncate, with a transverse carina which sometimes extends to vertex. Two longitudinal carinae on frons, a third median one starting on base of cephalic process. Fronto-clypeal suture usually slightly bisinuate; median carina on clypeus. Pronotum with median carina (sometimes obsolete) and a small but strongly impressed point on each side of it. Mesonotum with median and peridiscal carinae, sometimes obsolete. Tegmina at most 3 times as long as broad, with apical margin more or less rounded and with transverse veinlets on all surfaces. Clavus open and elongate, vein A1+A2 extending far towards apex. Legs slender.