Galeatus

Taxonomy

Galeatus Curtis, 1833

Type species: Tingis spinifrons Fallén

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
open anteriorly; rostral sulcusrostral sulcus:
shallow furrow on either side of rostrum (labium)
uninterrupted by a transverse carinacarina:
elevated ridge or keel
; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
tricarinate, median carinacarina:
elevated ridge or keel
higher than lateral carinaecarinae:
elevated ridge or keel
, lateral carinaecarinae:
elevated ridge or keel
cupped inward; 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, extending forward beyond the apex of head, not compressed anteriorly in dorsal view; paranotumparanotum:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
expanded, oriented subvertically, without marginal row of spines, anterior margin projecting anterad; paranotal basal foldsparanotal basal folds:
a structure at the base of paranotum next to the callus of pronotum
absent; 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
with one bulbous elevation, extending to the middle of hemelytrahemelytra:
one of the basally thickened forewings of Hemiptera
(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., Hurd 1946Hurd 1946:
Hurd, M. E. P. 1946. Generic classification of North American Tingoidea (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). The Iowa State College Journal of Science 20: 429-493.).

Distribution

Afrotropical, Nearctic, 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)
Galeatus scitulus Drake & Maa	Dominican Republic, South Korea	Annona sp., Spinacia oleracea
Galeatus scrophicus* Saunders	Israel, Lebanon	Mentha longifolia, Origanum majorana, Origanum vulgare, Rosmarinus officinalis, Rosmarinus sp., Salvia officinalis, Salvia sp., Thymus citriodorus, Thymus vulgaris
Galeatus sp.	Israel	Rosmarinus officinalis, Salvia officinalis, Thymus vulgaris

*Galeatus scrophicus has previously been misidentified as G. scitulus.

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 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

Galeatus images at the Smithsonian