Malandiola

Taxonomy

Malandiola Horváth, 1925

Type species: Malandiola simplex Horváth

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)
interrupted by a transverse carinacarina:
elevated ridge or keel
, narrowly cordate along metasternum; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
uni- or tricarinatetricarinate:
bearing both median carina and lateral carinae on pronotum
; 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 (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)
Malandiola sp.	Australia	Scholtzia 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 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

Malandiola images at the Smithsonian