Pyrops cultellatus ( Walker, 1857 )

Jiaranaisakul, Kawin, Webb, Mick & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2024, A new species of the Asian lanternfly genus Saiva Distant, 1906 from Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) with notes on S. virescens (Westwood, 1842) and Pyrops cultellatus (Walker, 1857), Zootaxa 5463 (3), pp. 405-416 : 415

Pyrops cultellatus ( Walker, 1857)

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= Hotinus cultellatus — Walker, 1857: 143 [described].

= Fulgora cultellata — Butler, 1874b: 102 [catalogued]; Satô & Nagai, 1994: 310 [transferred to genus Fulgora Linnaeus, 1767 ].

= Fulgora pyrrhochlora — Butler, 1874b: 101 [described, listed] syn. nov.

= Fulgora bicolor — Schmidth, 1905: 355 [described].

= Saiva cultellata — Distant, 1906: 20 [catalogued]; Lallemend, 1963: 69 [keyed, described]; Nagai & Porion 1996: 23 [catalogued].

= Pyrops cultellatus — Liang, 1998: 23 [catalogued].

Type material. Holotype, ♀ of Hotinus cultellata Walker, 1857 and Fulgora pyrrhochlora Butler, 1874 (examined from photographs, Fig. 5A–B ) [ cultellata Walk. Borneo ] [Type] [Wallace] [Wallace] [ BMNH (E) #943968] [ pyrrhochlora ] [SAB.] [67. 66.] [Type] ( BMNH).

Distribution. Malaysia.

Notes. Butler (1874b) probably described Fulgora pyrrhochlora from the same type specimen as that of Hotinus cultellatus Walker, 1857 , and he mentioned in his work that “Mr. Walker believes that he has described this species; but I have not succeeded in finding the description”. Butler used Walker’s manuscript name pyrrhochlora (mentioned as “MS” in the description) to describe the species as he was not aware that Walker had described it under H. cultellatus . Lallemand (1963) erroneously stated Fulgora pyrhochlora as junior synonym of Saiva virescens . After examining the type specimen, the species is now considered as junior synonym of Pyrops cultellatus ( Walker, 1857) .

Figures

FIGURE 5. Holotype of Hotinus cultellatus Walker, 1857 and Fulgora pyrrhochlora Butler, 1874. (A) As found in the unit tray in BMNH. (B) Original label under the type specimen by Butler (1874) (photographs by J. Constant, © BMNH).