Pyrops clavatus
Creators: name: Jiaranaisakul, Kawin
name: Constant, Jerome
name: Pinkaew, Nantasak
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Fulgoridae
Pyrops
Pyrops clavatus

description: Pyrops clavatus (Westwood, 1839)
(Figs 2, 14B, 16A)
= Fulgora clavata — Westwood 1839: 139 [original description], pl. 12, fig. 1 [illustrated]; Butler 1874: 98 [placed in a section of Fulgora with white hind wings]; Atkinson 1885: 130 [catalogued; described; distribution; intraspecific variation]; Schmidt 1905: 354 [catalogued], Distant 1906: 191; fig. 83 [keyed; described; habitus, side of head and frons illustrated; senior synonym of Hotinus ponderosus Stål, 1854]; Distant 1918: 198 [listed from “Indochina”], 200 [compared with P. atroalbus (Distant, 1918)]; Baker 1925: 348 [type of the clavata group in Fulgora], 361 [keyed, described], pl. 4, fig. 1 [illustrated]; Lallemand 1963: 71 [type of 5 th group of Fulgora], 88 [keyed; described; catalogued; senior synonym of Hotinus ponderosus Stål, 1854 and Fulgora woodi Ollenbach, 1929], pl. 10, figs 4–7 [lateral view of head and male genitalia of type illustrated]; Satô & Nagai 1994: 312 [compared with Fulgora clavata mizunumai Satô & Nagai, 1994].
= Pyrops clavata — Burmeister 1845: 4 [transferred to Pyrops]; Schaum 1850: 64 [listed]; Nagai & Porion 1996: 26 [catalogued; distribution], 31 [very close to Fulgora nigripennis Chou & Wang, 1985], pl. 18, figs 227–228 [illustrated].
= Hotinus clavatus — Walker 1851: 267 [list of specimens in BMNH].
= Fulgora (Hotina [sic!]) clavata — Westwood 1848: 7, pl. 3, fig. 1 [described, illustrated].
= Fulgora ponderosa — Butler 1874: 98 [probable junior synonym of P. clavatus]; Atkinson 1885: 131 [catalogued; described; distribution; probable variety of P. clavatus].
= Hotinus ponderosus — Distant 1906: 191 [junior synonym of P. clavatus (Westwood, 1839)].
= Fulgora ponderosus — Matsumura 1913: 54 [close to P. watanabei (Matsumura, 1913)].
= Fulgora woodii — Ollenbach 1929: 279, pl. 1, fig. 13 [described, illustrated and mentioned as very near to Pyrops clavatus; synonymized by Lallemand (1963)].
= Fulgora nigripennis — Chou & Wang 1985: 33, fig. 4 [described in Chinese, illustrated, compared to P. clavatus].
= Laternaria clavata — Metcalf 1947: 193 [catalogued; distribution].
= Laternaria clavata var. ponderosa — Metcalf 1947: 193 [catalogued; distribution; considered as a variety of clavatus (erroneous)].
= Laternaria woodi — Metcalf 1947: 208 [catalogued].
= Fulgora clavata mizunumai — Satô & Nagai 1994: 312, figs 3, 12 [described, illustrated, compared to P. clavatus].
= Pyrops clavata mizunumai — Nagai & Porion 1996: 26 [catalogued], pl. 18, figs 222, 224, 226 [illustrated].
= Pyrops clavatus — Liang 1998: 42 [catalogued; new combination (erroneous)]; Constant & Pham 2017: 10 [catalogued], figs 2–3 [illustration of habitus], 7 [illustraion of male genitalia], 9 B–G [live specimen], 10–15 [illustration of type specimen].
= Pyrops clavatus mizunumai — Liang 1998: 42 [catalogued; new combination (erroneous)].
Diagnosis. (1) cephalic process dark brown or reddish brown, strongly inflated apically (Fig. 2D); (2) in dark form, tegmina white with black marking at basal with three black spots in costal area (Fig. 2A); in pale form, tegmina bluish white on disc without black spots in costal area (see Constant & Pham, 2017: Fig. 3); (3) posterior wings blue or pale blue, apical margin dark brown (Fig. 2A–B); (4) abdomen red (Fig. 2B).
Mesurements and ratio. TL: ♁ (n = 1): 37.2 mm; ♀ (n = 3): 46.6 mm (45.4–48.5 mm); TL+process: ♁ (n = 1): 49.2 mm; ♀ (n = 3): 60.5 mm (58.2–62.9 mm); LTg/BTg = 2.85; BF/BPrH = 2.32; LPr/LF = 2.93; LPr/BPrH = 6.82.
Material examined. 1 ♀: Nan Province, Pua District, 30.X.2013, K. Jiaranaisakul leg. (KKIC); 1 ♁, 1 ♀: Chiang Rai Province, Wiang Pa Pao District, Mae Chedi, 2.VI.2021, Local collector leg., KJ02-00216, KJ02- 00218 (THNHM); 2 ♀♀: Chiang Rai Province, Wiang Pa Pao District, Mae Chedi, 1410 m.a.s.l., 23.IV.2022, K. Jiaranaisakul leg., KJ02-00281—KJ02-00282 (RBMF); 5 ♁♁, 15 ♀♀, Chiang Mai, Dec. 2007, local collectors (RBINS).
Material examined from iNaturalist.
Chiang Mai Province: Chom Thong Dist., 18°32’00.0”N 98°31’00.0”E, 10 specimens: 1ex., 5.VI.2022, natthaphat; 1 ex., 16.VI.2022, andrewpierce; 1 ex., 28.V.2023, goong2; 1 ex., 1 ex., 11.VI.2023, mayoh; 1 ex., 15.VI.2023, k_jiaranaisakul; 1 ex., 18.VI.2023, goong2; 1 ex,, 9.VII.2023, goong2; 2 ex., 9.VII.2023, goong2; 1 ex., 9.VII.2023; goong2.
Chiang Rai Province: Wiang Pa Pao Dist., 19°08’00.0”N 99°29’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex., 23.V.2022, k_jiaranaisakul.
Kamphaeng Phet Province: Khlong Lan Dist., 16°06’00.0”N 99°06’00.0”E, 1 specimen: 1 ex. (fig. 14 B):, 3.VII.2022, tew_angkanensis.
Nan Province: Pua Dist., 19°12’00.0”N 101°04’00.0”E; 1 specimen: 1 ex., 30.X.2013, k_jiaranaisakul.
Distribution. Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (Jiaranaisakul & Wonglersak, 2021; Constant & Pham, 2022).
Notes. The species was observed on Dimocarpus longan Lour. (Sapindaceae) and can be found at altitudes of 150–1200 m in Vietnam (Constant & Pham, 2017). In Thailand, the species is only found in the montane forest (1300–1410 alt) on unidentified trees in the families Meliaceae and Sapindaceae. Some specimens were observed with P. lathburii, P. spinolae, Saiva bullata (Distant, 1891) and S. cardinalis (Butler, 1874), on the same tree. Mae Wong National Park represents the southern limit in the distribution of this species so far.
description: Published as part of Jiaranaisakul, Kawin, Constant, Jerome & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2024, Review of the lanternfly genus Pyrops of Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) with notes and keys to species, pp. 47-79 in Zootaxa 5397 (1) on pages 53-55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/10468319