Pyrops watanabei ( Matsumura, 1913 )

Lin, You-Sheng, Liao, Jhih-Rong, Shiao, Shiuh-Feng & Ko, Chiun-Cheng, 2023, Lanternflies (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) of Taiwan., Zoological Studies (Zool. Stud.) 62 (7), pp. 1-37 : 24-27

Pyrops watanabei ( Matsumura, 1913) ( Figs. 19 , 20 , 21 )

Fulgora watanabei Matsumura, 1913: 54 ; Kato, 1928: 221; Kato,

1933: pl. 4, fig. 1; Lallemand, 1963: 89; Chou et al., 1985: 118. Fulgora chimara Schumacher, 1915: 129 . Fulgora watanabei var. apicalis Kato, 1928: 221 ; Kato, 1933: pl. 5,

fig. 5. Laternaria watanabei Metcalf, 1947: 208 . Laternaria watanabei var. formosana Metcalf, 1947: 208 . Hotinus watanabei Matsumura, 1931: 8 . Pyrops watanabei Nagai & Porion, 1996: 26 ; Liang, 1998: 45;

Constant & Pham, 2017: 18.

Type locality: Hoppo, Formosa [= Beipu, Hsinchu, Taiwan] ( Matsumura 1913).

Description: Measurements: body length, male (n = 14) 36.8 mm (31.8–40.7 mm), female (n = 10) 43.7 mm (40.3–48 mm); tegmen length, male (n = 14) 32.8 mm (28–36.7 mm), female (n = 10) 38.8 mm (34.9–42.6 mm); cephalic process length, male (n = 14) 10.4 mm (8.1–12.9 mm), female (n = 10) 11.9 mm (10.1–14.7 mm).

Head: general color chrome yellow to marigold yellow ( Fig. 19A, B, C, D ); cephalic process long, protruding forward and upward, narrowing gradually beyond eyes, dorsal and lateral sides with numerous small white powdery spots, apex strongly inflated ( Fig. 19A, B, C, D ); vertex broader than long, sometimes covered with white powder, lateral margins slightly carinate ( Fig. 19A, C, D ); frons longer than broad, with 2 longitudinal carinae extending from ventral side of cephalic process ( Fig. 19B ); genae with 1 black transverse band passing through eye ( Fig. 19C ); postocular flange black ( Fig. 19A ); antennae dark brown ( Fig. 19B, C ); clypeus longer than frons ( Fig. 19B ); labium dark brown and elongate, not reaching apex of abdomen ( Fig. 19B ).

Thorax: ( Fig. 19A, C, D ) general color chrome yellow; pronotum often covered with white powder; propleuron and prosternum with 1 black band along anterior margin; mesonotum often covered with white powder, with 1 black spot on each lateral area outside lateral carinae.

Tegmina: ( Fig. 19A, D ) basal 5/6 yellowish white, with 4–5 black patches along anterior margin, 1–3 black patches on clavus, and 4–6 orange spots surrounded by black marking near apical margin; apical 1/6 dark brown, with 2 orange spots with yellowish white border and several yellowish white spots varying in size.

Hindwings: general color white to bluish white with veins yellowish brown ( Fig. 19A ); apical 1/3 sometimes dark brown ( Fig. 19D ).

Legs: ( Fig. 19A, B, C, D ) general color black, often covered with white powder, ventral side of metafemur with 1 chrome yellow long patch.

Abdomen: 1st–8th tergites chrome yellow, often covered with white powder ( Fig. 19A, D ); 3rd–8th laterosternites and sternites pink ( Fig. 19B ).

Male genitalia: 9th abdominal segment, in lateral view, with anterior margin flat, dorso-anterior margin obtuse, dorso-posterior margin rounded, ventro-posterior margin with a small obtuse projection ( Fig. 20A ); 10th abdominal segment with ventral margin flat in lateral view ( Fig. 20A ), apical margin about 2 times broader than basal margin, medially concave as “U” shape dorsally and ventrally in dorsal view ( Fig. 20B ); 11th abdominal sternite about 3 times longer than 11th abdominal tergite ( Fig. 20B ); genital styles as long as 10th abdominal segment in lateral view ( Fig. 20A ), suboval with a hook on each lateral margin between 1/3 and 1/2 from base in ventral view ( Fig. 20C ); lateral phallobasal lobes membranous ( Fig. 20D, E ); phallobasal conjunctival processes not exposed ( Fig. 20D, E ).

Materials examined: Lectotype: female of Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei Matsumura, 1913 (examined from photographs, Fig. 21A, B, C ) [ Hotinus watanabei Mats. ] [ Hotinus watanabei Mats. ] [ Hotinus watanabei det. Matsumura] [ Formosa Matsumura / underside: Hoppo, 1st VII ‘07] [Type Matsumura] [Lectotype Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei Mats. det. A.P. Liang & M. Suwa 1997] (HUIC).

Paralectotype: female of of Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei Matsumura, 1913 (examined from photographs, Fig. 21D, E ) [Hoppo] [Paralectotype Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei Mats. det. A.P. Liang & M. Suwa 1997] (HUIC); female of of Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei Matsumura, 1913 (examined from photographs, Fig. 21F, G ) [ Formosa Matsumura / underside: Hoppo, 27 VII ‘07] [Paralectotype Fulgora (Hotinus) watanabei Mats. det. A.P. Liang & M. Suwa 1997] (HUIC).

Syntype: female of of Fulgora chimara Schumacher, 1915 (examined from photographs) [Kosempo, Formosa, H. Sauter, VII. 1911] [ Fulgora chimara Schum., F. Schumacher det.] [Syntypus] (SDEI).

Other materials: 3 females, Baoshan Village, Hsinchu, VIII-11-2010, leg. C. T. Tang (NCHU); 1 female, Xiaowulai, Taoyuan, IX-03-1987, leg. K. S. Huang (NCHU); 1 male, Nanshanchi, Jenai, Nantou, VI-(07-08)-1996, collector unknown (NMNS); 2 males, 1 female, Tanshui, Taipei, VII-04-1996, collector unknown (NMNS); 4 males, 1 female, Hsiangshan, Taipei, VII-26-1997, leg. W. I. Chou (NMNS); 2 females, Bishanyan, Taipei, VIII-10-1994, leg. C. Y. Hsiao (NMNS); 1 female, Shinten [= Xindian, New Taipei City], IX-1924, leg. M. Kato (NTU); 1 female, Taihoku, Formosa [= Northern Taiwan], 1928, collector unknown (NTU); 2 males, 1 female, Guizikeng (25°9'6.65"N, 121°29'37.46"E), Beitou, Taipei, Triadica sebifera (L.) Small, VII-16-2019, leg. Y. S. Lin (NTU); 1 male, same locality, same host, VIII-28-2019, leg. Y. S. Lin (NTU); 6 males, 1 female, same locality, same host, VII-26-2020, leg. Y. S. Lin (NTU); 1 female, Bali (25°8'34.61"N, 121°24'22.57"E), New Taipei City, Triadica sebifera (L.) Small, VI-01-2020, leg. Y. S. Lin (NTU); 2 males, same locality, same host, VII-22-2020, leg. Y. S. Lin (NTU); 1 male, Bishanyan, Taipei, VIII-19-1994, leg. W. I. Chou (TARI).

Host plant: Triadica sebifera (L.) Small ( Euphorbiaceae ) ( Kato 1928).

Distribution: Taiwan, China ( Wang et al. 2018).

Remarks: Constant and Pham (2017) treated Fulgora watanabei var. apicalis Kato, 1928 as the synonym of this species. The present study agrees with this synonym after comparing their morphology of male genitalia.

Figures

Fig. 19. Pyrops watanabei (Matsumura, 1913), adult. A–C, Normal male. A, Habitus, dorsal view. B, Habitus, ventral view. C, Habitus, left lateral view (not to scale). D, Variant male.

Fig. 20. Pyrops watanabei (Matsumura, 1913), male genitalia. A, Male genitalia, left lateral view. B, 10th–11th abdominal segments, dorsal view. C, Genital styles, ventral view. D, Phallic complex, ventral view. E, Phallic complex, dorsal view.

Fig. 21. Pyrops watanabei (Matsumura, 1913), type specimens of the synonymized taxon, Hotinus watanabei Matsumura, 1913. A. Lectotype. B–C. Labels of lectotype. D. Paralectotype. E. Labels of paralectotype. F. Paralectotype. G. Labels of paralectotype. (HUIC, photographs from the program “Digitization of Historic Museum Collections of Taiwan Deposited in Foreign Countries” by NTU).