Campylosteira

Taxonomy

Campylosteira Fieber, 1844

Type species: Campylosteira falleni Fieber

Diagnostic characters

Head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segment; cephalic spinescephalic spines:
a spine on the head
present; antenniferous processesantenniferous processes:
the socket in which antenna is inserted in the head; also known as antennophore, antennal tubercles, or antennal process
prominent; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
tricarinate; pronotal hoodhood:
term used to describe the modified anterior area of the pronotum, which is sometimes tectiform and sometimes bulbous, with numerous intermediate conditions.
weakly tectiformtectiform:
tent-like or roof-shaped
, not bulbous; paranotumparanotum:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
narrowly expanded; hemelytrahemelytra:
one of the basally thickened forewings of Hemiptera
with claval areaclaval area:
parallel-sided and sharply pointed anal area of hemelytron
weakly developed, not 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
; costal areacostal area:
area of the costa delineated by the first longitudinal vein of the wing, usually running along the anterior margin
narrow; discoidal areadiscoidal area:
area of the forewing posterior to the subcostal area
flat, long, extending beyond the middle of hemelytrahemelytra:
one of the basally thickened forewings of Hemiptera
.

Distribution

Afrotropical, 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

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.