Eocader

Taxonomy

Eocader Drake and Hambleton, 1934

Type species: Eocader vegrandis Drake and Hambleton

Diagnostic characters

Head long, clypeus 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; interocular areainterocular area:
area between compound eyes
depressed, eyes appearing elevated; rostrumrostrum:
a beak or snout, applied especially to the piercing mouth-parts of bugs and elongated snouts of weevils
long, reaching abdominal segment IV; ventral side of abdomen with mediolongitudinal groove; 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
narrowly expanded, anterior margin not projecting anterad; scutellumscutellum:
a small triangular plate behind the pronotum and between the forewing bases
exposed; hemelytrahemelytra:
one of the basally thickened forewings of Hemiptera
with claval areaclaval area:
parallel-sided and sharply pointed anal area of hemelytron
well developed, meeting in a straight line to form claval commissureclaval commissure:
junction of hemelytra along clavus in middle of dorsum, posterior to scutellum
, not 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, extending beyond the middle of hemelytra; hypocostal laminae extending to the apex of abdomen (Froeschner 1996Froeschner 1996:
Froeschner, R. C. 1996. Lace bug genera of the World, I: Introduction, Subfamily Cantacaderinae (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1ndash;43.).

Distribution

Neotropical (Brazil and Cuba) (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., Froeschner 1996Froeschner 1996:
Froeschner, R. C. 1996. Lace bug genera of the World, I: Introduction, Subfamily Cantacaderinae (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1ndash;43., 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)
Eocader bouclei (Bruner)	Dominican Republic, Haiti	Annona muricata, Anona sp.
Eocader vegrandis Drake & Hambleton	Dominican Republic, Panama	Artocarpus heterophyllus, Prunus dulcis

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., Froeschner 1996Froeschner 1996:
Froeschner, R. C. 1996. Lace bug genera of the World, I: Introduction, Subfamily Cantacaderinae (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1ndash;43., Guilbert 2019Guilbert 2019:
Guilbert, E. 2019. Lace bugs database - http://www.hemiptera-databases.com/tingidae

Additional images

Eocader images at the Smithsonian