Eritingis

Taxonomy

Eritingis Drake and Ruhoff, 1962

Type species: Teleonemia pacifica Kirkaldy

Diagnostic characters

Body narrow and elongate, head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segment; antennae as long as the lengh of pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
; cephalic spinescephalic spines:
a spine on the head
present; bucculaebucculae:
an elevated ridge on either side of the first labial segment
closed anteriorly; rostral sulcusrostral sulcus:
shallow furrow on either side of rostrum (labium)
uninterrupted by a transverse carinacarina:
elevated ridge or keel
, enlarged on mesosternum and cordate on metasternum; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
tricarinate, height of median carinacarina:
elevated ridge or keel
greater than that of lateral carinae; pronotal hoodhood:
term used to describe the modified anterior area of the pronotum, which is sometimes tectiform and sometimes bulbous, with numerous intermediate conditions.
absent; paranotumparanotum:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
narrow, uniseriateuniseriate:
arranged in a single row, as in uniseriate areolae
, reflexedreflexed:
bent or curved backwards, as in a reflexed paranotum
and appressed to the pronotal disc, spines absent along paranotal margin, 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
; costal areacostal area:
area of the costa delineated by the first longitudinal vein of the wing, usually running along the anterior margin
narrow, uniseriateuniseriate:
arranged in a single row, as in uniseriate areolae
; discoidal areadiscoidal area:
area of the forewing posterior to the subcostal area
level, discoidal cell extending slightly beyond the middle of hemelytrahemelytra:
one of the basally thickened forewings of Hemiptera
(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.).

Distribution

Australasian, Oriental (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)

Interceptions at US ports of entry 1984 to 2018

Intercepted species	Shipment origin(s)	Inspected host(s)
Eritingis sp.	Australia	Verticordia sp.

References

Drake and Ruhoff 1962, 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

Eritingis images at the Smithsonian