Pyrops karenius ( Distant, 1891 )

Jiaranaisakul, Kawin, Constant, Jerome & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2024, Review of the lanternfly genus Pyrops of Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) with notes and keys to species, Zootaxa 5397 (1), pp. 47-79 : 61-63

Pyrops karenius ( Distant, 1891)

( Figs 7 , 17A )

= Fulgora karenia — Distant 1891: 517 [original description], pl. 20, fig. 2 [illustrated]: Lallemand 1963: 82 [keyed, described].

= Laternaria karenia — Metcalf 1947: 197 [transferred to Laternaria Linnaeus, 1764 , catalogued].

= Pyrops karenius — Liang 1998: 43 [transferred to Pyrops Spinola, 1939 , catalogued]; Jiaranaisakul & Constant 2021: 18 [in list of species to look for in Khao Krachom Mountain, Thailand]; Jiaranaisakul & Wonglersak 2021: 172 [catalogued], fig. 7 [illustrated].

Diagnosis. (1) cephalic process red, slightly thickened and flattened laterally ( Fig. 7C ); (2) tegmina with veins dark green and with yellow spots forming three transverse bands on disc, 4–5 yellow spots along the nodal line of cross veins; veins and veinlets of membrane yellow brown ( Fig. 7A ); (3) posterior wings blue with distal half black ( Fig. 7A ); (4) femora red orange, tibiae dark brown ( Fig. 7B ).

Mesurements and ratio. TL: ♁ (n = 3): 40 mm (39.8–40.9mm); ♀ (n = 1): 44.8 mm; TL+process: ♁ (n = 3): 55.1 mm (52.7–56.3 mm); ♀ (n = 1): 56.7 mm; LTg/BTg = 2.57; BF/BPrH = 2.12; LPr/LF = 3.09; LPr/BPrH = 7.09.

Material examined. 1♁: Surat Thani Province, Khlong Sok , 9-11.VI.2022, K. Jiaranaisakul leg., KJ02-00077 ( RBMF) ; 1♁, 1♀: Phetchaburi Province, Kaeng Krachan District, Huai Mae Priang , 10.VI.2021, K. Jiaranaisakul leg., KJ02-00205—KJ02-00206 ( RBMF) ; 1♁: same data, 1.XI.2022, K. Jiaranaisakul leg., KJ02-00313 ( KKIC) .

Material examined from iNaturalist.

Kanchanaburi Province: Sangkhlaburi Dist. , 15°18’00.0”N 98°49’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 4.V.2017, k_jiaranaisakul .

Krabi Province: Khao Phanom District., 8°15’00.0”N 98°58’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 14.XI.2012, lesday; Khlong Thom Dist. , 7°55’00.0”N 99°15’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 13.III.2014, woraphot; Mueang Krabi Dist., 8°14’00.0”N 98°54’00.0”E, 2 specimens: 1 ex., 5.II.2013, vojtechvita; 1 ex., 3.XII.2022, siriwatdangsri .

Nakhon Si Thammarat Province: Nopphitam Dist., 8°43’00.0”N 99°40’00.0”E, 2specimens: 1 ex., 24.III.2014, petereric; 1 ex., 13.VI.2023, piyapong.

Phang Nga Province: Khura Buri Dist., 8°59’00.0”N 98°27’00.0”E, 3 specimens: 1 ex., 29.XII.2019, ian_ dugdale; 1 ex., 16.III.2017, plains-wanderer; 1 ex., 16.VI.2017, juan_martinez; Takua Pa Dist., 8°41’00.0”N 98°16’00.0”E, 7 specimens: 1 ex., 22.VI.2020, andaman; 1 ex., 22.VIII.2022, bugsandfeatures; 2 ex., 30.IV.2023, jarupa; 2 ex., 30.IV.2023, ployypakdi; 1 ex., 30.IV.2023, andaman; Thai Mueang Dist., 8°30’00.0”N 98°17’00.0”E, 4 specimens: 2 ex., 11.III.2014, phangnga_base; 1 ex., 24.III.2015, leanne8822; 1 ex., 20.V.2020, seesaw.

Phetchaburi Province: Kaeng Krachan Dist., 12°47’00.0”N 99°27’00.0”E, 34 specimens: 1 ex., 13.VII.2015, davigrapsus; 1 ex., 5.III.2018, parinyaherp; 1 ex., 26.VI.2018, kieran_r; 1 ex., 19.XII.2018, aphidiinae; 1 ex., 19.XII.2018, aphidiinae; 1 ex., 27.I.2019, blairdudeck; 1 ex., 28.I.2019, jonaspottier; 1 ex., 8.II.2019, qin_huang; 1 ex., 3.III.2020, siouxtex; 1 ex., 20.VI.2021, andaman; 1 ex., 27.VI.2021, phuwarin; 1 ex., 1.XI.2021, peterchristiaen; 1 ex., 5.I.2022, alaskaexpat; 1 ex., 23.IV.2022, doobird; 1 ex., 24.IV.2022, tubgood; 1 ex., 24.IV.2022, madastro; 2 ex., 12.VI.2022, doobird; 1 ex., 13.VII.2022, joost_s; 1 ex., 8.X.2022, mistysea; 1 ex., 14.X.2022, ziwkun; 1 ex., 22.X.2022, biom; 1 ex., 24.XII.2022, kingmush; 2 ex., 27.III.2023, avesdemazatlan; 1 ex., 29.IV.2023, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 17.V.2023, andaman; 1 ex., 25.V.2023, wildcreatures; 1 ex., 4.VI.2023, setaphong; 1 ex., 16.VI.2023, daviddiller1; 1 ex., 17.VI.2023, benjamynweil; 1 ex., 28.VI.2023, ayuwat; 1 ex., 29.VII.2023, focus1.

Phuket Province: Kathu Dist., 7°57’00.0”N 98°17’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 8.V.2023, egor_kalinin; Thalang Dist., 7°57’00.0”N 98°20’00.0”E, 4 specimens: 1 ex., 30.I.2011, ian_dugdale; 1 ex., 24.IV.2016, markbolnik; 1 ex., 28.II.2019, farleysullivan; 1 ex., 13.VI.2021, jirikara.

Ranong Province: Kapoe Dist. , 9°29’00.0”N 98°35’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 2.VII.2011, utain .

Surat Thani Province: Ban Ta Khun Dist., 9°02’00.0”N 98°44’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 29.IV.2023, kerbusch_t; Mueang Surat Thani Dist., 9°11’00.0”N 99°17’00.0”E, 1 specimen : 1 ex., 14.I.2020, asiaaaaa; Phanom Dist., 8°54’00.0”N 98°31’00.0”E, 7 specimens: 1 ex., 5.III.2006, swsankt; 1 ex., 24.IV.2013, parinyaherp; 1 ex., 31.III.2017, annxeneize; 1 ex., 30.I.2019, critterfinder; 1 ex., 9.I.2020, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 17.VI.2022, johannesberghfer; 1 ex., 2.I.2023, haplo.

Distribution. Myanmar and Thailand ( Bourgoin, 2023).

Notes. The species was collected from Dimocarpus longan Lour. ( Sapindaceae ) (new plant association) and Antheroporum cf. glaucum ( Fabaceae ) (new plant association).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Pyrops karenius (Distant, 1891), ♁, Phetchaburi Province, Kaeng Krachan District, Huai Mae Priang, 1.XI.2022 (ICKPS). (A) Habitus, dorsal view; (B) habitus, ventral view; (C) habitus, lateral view; (D) head and thorax, dorsal view; (E) head, perpendicular view of frons.

FIGURE 17. Distribution map of Pyrops spp. (A) P. karenius (Distant, 1891), red circle; P. lathburii (Kirby, 1818), yellow triangle; P. oculatus (Westwood, 1838), green square; (B) P. peguensis (Schmidt, 1911), red circle; P. pyrorhynchus (Donovan, 1800), yellow triangle; P. spinolae (Westwood, 1842), green square.