Hegesidemus

Taxonomy

Hegesidemus Distant, 1911

Type species: Hegesidemus eliyanus 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, median carinacarina:
elevated ridge or keel
and lateral carinaecarinae:
elevated ridge or keel
are same height; pronotal hoodhood:
term used to describe the modified anterior area of the pronotum, which is sometimes tectiform and sometimes bulbous, with numerous intermediate conditions.
tectiform, not bulbous, slightly projecting above the base of head; paranotumparanotum:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
narrowly expanded, less than half the width of pronotal disc, slightly more expanded anteriorly, 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
expanded, with at least two rows of areolaeareolae:
a small enclosed space on a surface, such as an area enclosed by veinlets on wings
, and not reflexedreflexed:
bent or curved backwards, as in a reflexed paranotum
near base; discoidal areadiscoidal area:
area of the forewing posterior to the subcostal area
level, discoidal cell not extending beyond the middle of hemelytra; hypocostal laminae extending to the apex of abdomen.

Distribution

Afrotropical, Oriental (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)
Hegesidemus habrus Drake	China	Unknown

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

Hegesidemus images at the Smithsonian