Pliobyrsa

Taxonomy

Pliobyrsa Drake and Hambleton, 1946

Type species: Leptopharsa inflexa Drake and Hambleton

Diagnostic characters

Body oval and elongate, head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segment; antennae longer than the length of pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
, length of segment I two or three times longer than segment II; 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
, broadly cordate or enlarged on metasternum; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
tricarinate, height of median carinacarina:
elevated ridge or keel
equal to or 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.
tectiform, not bulbous, not extending beyond the apex of head; paranotumparanotum:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
narrow, expanded throughout with one or two areolae; spines absent along paranotal margin, anterior margin not projecting anterad; posterior process of pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
short, with rounded or triangular apex; 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
broad, with 3 or more rows of areolae; discoidal areadiscoidal area:
area of the forewing posterior to the subcostal area
level, discoidal cell closed behind, very short, not extending beyond basal one-third of hemelytra; hypocostal laminaehypocostal laminae:
a ridge produced ventrally along costal margin
not extending beyond the apex of abdomen; distance between procoxae narrower than distances between meso- and metacoxae (Drake and Hambleton 1946bDrake and Hambleton 1946b:
Drake, C. J., and E. J. Hambleton. 1946b. Three new species and a new genus of American Tingidae (Hemiptera). Entomological News 57: 121-125.).

Distribution

Neotropical (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)
Pliobyrsa sp.	Mexico	Citrus 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 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

Pliobyrsa images at the Smithsonian