Stephanitis

Taxonomy

Stephanitis Stål 1873

Type species: Acanthia pyri Fabricius

Diagnostic characters

Head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segment; cephalic spinescephalic spines:
a spine on the head
present or absent; bucculaebucculae:
an elevated ridge on either side of the first labial segment
open or closed 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, height of median carinacarina:
elevated ridge or keel
at least 3 times greater than height 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.
bulbous, extending forward beyond the apex of head, 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
level, not reaching the middle of hemelytra; hypocostal laminae extending to the apex of abdomen (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, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oceanian, 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.
)

Interceptions at US ports of entry 1984 to 2018

Intercepted species Shipment origin(s) Inspected commodities
Stephanitis nashi Esaki & Takeya Japan Pyrus pyrifolia
Stephanitis pyri (Fabricius) Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, United Kingdom Citus limon, Citrus sinensis, Citrus sp., Diospyros sp., Malus sp., Malus sylvestris, Pittosporum sp., Punica granatum, Vitis sp., stone product-limestone
Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott) Canada, Japan, Philippines Annona muricata, Annona sp., Persea sp., Rhododendron sp.
Stephanitis takeyai Drake & Maa Italy, Kenya, Netherlands Delphinium sp., Pieris japonica, Pieris sp.
Stephanitis typica (Distant) Bangladesh, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam Litchi chinensis, Musa sp., Zingiber sp., unknown genus in family Orchidaceae
Stephanitis sp. China, Colombia, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand Annona muricata, Annona sp., Bougainvillea sp., Chrysanthemum sp., Cymbopogon sp., Delphinum sp., Diospyros sp., Helianthus sp., Limonium sp., Moringa pterygosperma, Musa sp., Pieris japonica, Psidium guajava, Punica granantum, Strelitzia reginae

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.
, 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.

Additional images

Stephanitis images at the Smithsonian

  Stephanitis nashi  female, dorsal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis nashi female, dorsal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis nashi  female, ventral view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis nashi female, ventral view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis nashi  female, lateral view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis nashi female, lateral view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis nashi  female, frontal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis nashi female, frontal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis nashi  female, caudal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis nashi female, caudal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis nashi  nymph, dorsal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis nashi nymph, dorsal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis nashi  nymph, ventral view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis nashi nymph, ventral view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis nashi  nymph, lateral view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis nashi nymph, lateral view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis nashi  nymph, frontal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis nashi nymph, frontal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis nashi  nymph, caudal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis nashi nymph, caudal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis pyri , dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Stephanitis pyri, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

  Stephanitis pyri , lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Stephanitis pyri, lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

  Stephanitis pyri  head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Stephanitis pyri head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

  Stephanitis pyrioides , dorsal view; photo: Pest and Diseases Image Library, bugwood.org (CC) BY-NC 3.0

Stephanitis pyrioides, dorsal view; photo: Pest and Diseases Image Library, bugwood.org (CC) BY-NC 3.0

  Stephanitis pyrioides  male, ventral view; photo: Pest and Diseases Image Library, bugwood.org (CC) BY-NC 3.0

Stephanitis pyrioides male, ventral view; photo: Pest and Diseases Image Library, bugwood.org (CC) BY-NC 3.0

  Stephanitis pyrioides  head, lateral view; photo: Pest and Diseases Image Library, bugwood.org (CC) BY-NC 3.0

Stephanitis pyrioides head, lateral view; photo: Pest and Diseases Image Library, bugwood.org (CC) BY-NC 3.0

  Stephanitis pyrioides  head, frontal view; photo: Pest and Diseases Image Library, bugwood.org (CC) BY-NC 3.0

Stephanitis pyrioides head, frontal view; photo: Pest and Diseases Image Library, bugwood.org (CC) BY-NC 3.0

  Stephanitis  sp.   nymph, ventral view; photo: Pest and Diseases Image Library, bugwood.org (CC) BY-NC 3.0

Stephanitis sp. nymph, ventral view; photo: Pest and Diseases Image Library, bugwood.org (CC) BY-NC 3.0

  Stephanitis takeyai , dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

Stephanitis takeyai, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

  Stephanitis takeyai , ventral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

Stephanitis takeyai, ventral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

  Stephanitis takeyai , lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

Stephanitis takeyai, lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

  Stephanitis takeyai  head and thorax, lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

Stephanitis takeyai head and thorax, lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

  Stephanitis takeyai , dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

Stephanitis takeyai, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

  Stephanitis takeyai , ventral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

Stephanitis takeyai, ventral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

  Stephanitis takeyai , lateral views; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

Stephanitis takeyai, lateral views; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageiD

  Stephanitis takeyai , dorsal view; photo: Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC

Stephanitis takeyai, dorsal view; photo: Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC

  Stephanitis takeyai , ventral view; photo: Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC

Stephanitis takeyai, ventral view; photo: Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC

  Stephanitis takeyai , lateral view; photo: Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC

Stephanitis takeyai, lateral view; photo: Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC

  Stephanitis takeyai , frontal view; photo: Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC

Stephanitis takeyai, frontal view; photo: Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC

  Stephanitis typica  male, dorsal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis typica male, dorsal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis typica  male, ventral view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis typica male, ventral view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis typica  male, lateral view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis typica male, lateral view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis typica  male, frontal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis typica male, frontal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis typica  male, caudal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

Stephanitis typica male, caudal view; photo: Paul Langlois, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP Node, bugwood.org

  Stephanitis  sp. nymph, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Stephanitis sp. nymph, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

  Stephanitis  sp. nymph, lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Stephanitis sp. nymph, lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID