Cysteochila

Taxonomy

Cysteochila Stål, 1873

Type species: Monanthia? tingoides Motschulsk

Diagnostic characters

Head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segmentantennal segment:
subdivisions of the antennae, denoted by constrictions. All Tingidae have 4 segments.  
; cephalic spinescephalic spine:
a spine on the head
present; bucculaebuccula:
an elevated ridge on either side of the first labial segment
closed anteriorly; pronotum tricarinatetricarinate:
bearing both median carina and lateral carinae on pronotum
; pronotal hood tectiformtectiform:
tent-like or roof-shaped
, not bulbous; paranotumparanotum:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
widely expanded, reflexedreflexed:
bent or curved backwards, as in a reflexed paranotum
and appressed to pronotal disc, not forming elevated cyst, lateral carinaelateral carina:
an elevated ridge located on either side of the pronotum
usually completely or partially hidden under reflexedreflexed:
bent or curved backwards, as in a reflexed paranotum
pronotum; anterior margin not projecting anterad; hemelytrahemelytron:
one of the basally thickened forewings of Hemiptera
with claval areaclaval area:
parallel-sided and sharply pointed anal area of hemelytron
weakly developed, almost entirely covered by posterior margin of pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
; costal areacostal area:
area of the costa delineated by the first longitudinal vein of the wing, usually running along the anterior margin
expanded with at least two rows of areolaeareola:
a small enclosed space on a surface, such as an area enclosed by veinlets on wings
; discoidal areadiscoidal area:
area of the forewing posterior to the subcostal area
level, discoidal cell extending beyond the middle of hemelytrahemelytron:
one of the basally thickened forewings of Hemiptera
; hypocostal laminaehypocostal lamina:
a ridge produced ventrally along costal margin
extending to the apex of abdomen (Drake and Ruhoff 1961aDrake and Ruhoff 1961a:
Drake, C. J., and F. A. Ruhoff. 1961a. New genera and new species of lacebugs from the Eastern Hemisphere (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 113: 125-183., Drake and Ruhoff 1962aDrake and Ruhoff 1962a:
Drake, C. J., and F. A. Ruhoff. 1962a. Some Tingidae in the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum 14: 249-253.).

Distribution

Afrotropical, Australasian, Oriental, Palearctic (Drake and Ruhoff 1960Drake and Ruhoff 1960:
Drake, C. J., and F. Ruhoff, A. 1960. Lace-bug genera of the world (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 112., Drake and Ruhoff 1965Drake and Ruhoff 1965:
Drake, C. J., and F. A. Ruhoff. 1965. Lacebugs of the World: A Catalog (Hemiptera: Tingidae) Bulletin of the United States National Museum: 1ndash;634., Guilbert 2019Guilbert 2019:
Guilbert, E. 2019. Lace bugs database - http://www.hemiptera-databases.com/tingidae)

Interceptions at US ports of entry 1984 to 2018

Intercepted species	Shipment origin(s)	Inspected host(s)
Cysteochila incolana Drake	South Africa, Zimbabwe	Protea sp.
Cysteochila seydeli Schouteden	Netherlands	Anigozanthos manglesii
Cysteochila sp	Netherlands, Zimbabwe	Leucospermum sp.

References

Drake and Ruhoff 1960Drake and Ruhoff 1960:
Drake, C. J., and F. Ruhoff, A. 1960. Lace-bug genera of the world (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 112., Drake and Ruhoff 1961aDrake and Ruhoff 1961a:
Drake, C. J., and F. A. Ruhoff. 1961a. New genera and new species of lacebugs from the Eastern Hemisphere (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 113: 125-183., Drake and Ruhoff 1962bDrake and Ruhoff 1962b:
Drake, C. J., and F. A. Ruhoff. 1962b. Synonymic notes and descriptions of new Tingidae (Hemiptera). Studia Entomologica 5: 489-506., Drake and Ruhoff 1965Drake and Ruhoff 1965:
Drake, C. J., and F. A. Ruhoff. 1965. Lacebugs of the World: A Catalog (Hemiptera: Tingidae) Bulletin of the United States National Museum: 1ndash;634., Guilbert 2019Guilbert 2019:
Guilbert, E. 2019. Lace bugs database - http://www.hemiptera-databases.com/tingidae

Additional images

Cysteochila images at the Smithsonian