Celantia

Taxonomy

Celantia Distant, 1903

Type species: Leptodictya vagans (Distant)

Diagnostic characters

Head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segment; cephalic spinescephalic spines:
a spine on the head
present; bucculaebucculae:
an elevated ridge on either side of the first labial segment
closed anteriorly; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
tricarinate; pronotal hoodhood:
term used to describe the modified anterior area of the pronotum, which is sometimes tectiform and sometimes bulbous, with numerous intermediate conditions.
bulbous; paranotumparanotum:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
expanded, oriented subvertically, not appressed to disc, anterior margin not projecting anterad; hemelytrahemelytra:
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
; discoidal areadiscoidal area:
area of the forewing posterior to the subcostal area
level, reaching midlength of the hemelytra; hypocostal laminae extending to the apex of abdomen (Distant 1904aDistant 1904a:
Distant, W. L. 1904a. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Vol. II. Part 1 (Heteroptera). Taylor amp; Francis, London.
, Drake 1960Drake 1960:
Drake, C. J. 1960. Tingidae of New Guinea (Hemiptera). Pacific Insects. 2: 339-380.
, 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.
).

Distribution

Australasian, Oceanian, Oriental (Distant 1904aDistant 1904a:
Distant, W. L. 1904a. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Vol. II. Part 1 (Heteroptera). Taylor amp; Francis, London.
, Drake 1960Drake 1960:
Drake, C. J. 1960. Tingidae of New Guinea (Hemiptera). Pacific Insects. 2: 339-380.
, 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.
, 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)
Celantia sp. Australia Grevillea sp.

References

Distant 1904aDistant 1904a:
Distant, W. L. 1904a. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Vol. II. Part 1 (Heteroptera). Taylor amp; Francis, London.
, Drake 1960Drake 1960:
Drake, C. J. 1960. Tingidae of New Guinea (Hemiptera). Pacific Insects. 2: 339-380.
, 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.
, Guilbert 2019Guilbert 2019:
Guilbert, E. 2019. Lace bugs database - http://www.hemiptera-databases.com/tingidae

Additional images

Celantia images at the Smithsonian

  Celantia teres , dorsal view; photo: Sindhu Krishnankutty

Celantia teres, dorsal view; photo: Sindhu Krishnankutty

  Celantia teres , ventral view; photo: Sindhu Krishnankutty

Celantia teres, ventral view; photo: Sindhu Krishnankutty

  Celantia teres  thorax, dorsal view; photo: Sindhu Krishnankutty

Celantia teres thorax, dorsal view; photo: Sindhu Krishnankutty

  Celantia teres  head, dorsal view; photo: Sindhu Krishnankutty

Celantia teres head, dorsal view; photo: Sindhu Krishnankutty