Pyrops ruehli

Pyrops ruehli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Family:	Fulgoridae
Genus:	Pyrops
Species:	P. ruehli
Binomial name
Pyrops ruehli Schmid, 1926
Synonyms
Pyrops farinosa Schmidt, 1923 (Preoccupied by Pyrops farinosus) Pyrops rühli Schmidt, 1926 Laternaria rühli Schmidt, 1926

Pyrops ruehli is a species of lanternfly.

Identification

It fits in the pyrops pyrorhynchus group because it has blue hindwings, with a serrate edge, and because of the robust and mostly straight cephalic process. Most similar to Pyrops pyrorhynchus due to 4-6 spots present at 2/3rds of the forewing in a line (VS Pyrops intricatus with no such arrangement of spots), which have outlines, (versus Pyrops pythicus with non bordered spots). It differs from Pyrops pyrorhynchus by the orange or yellow tipped cephalic process, the absence of any brown (while brown is present in even white forms of pyrorhynchus), and the olive, not brown, interior of the spots on the wing.

Distribution

It is found only on the island of Sumatra. It was recorded from Malaysia in Leong, Leong & Murphy 2009, but that record is based on Pyrops pyrorhynchus midentified as ruehli. The article can be found here