Cantacader

Taxonomy

Cantacader Amyot and Serville, 1843

Type species: Piesma quadricornis Le Peletier and Serville

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
usually touching each other apically; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
usually with five 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.
absent; paranotumparanotum:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
expanded, without any spine-like extensions on its latero-anterior margin; 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
; stenocostal areastenocostal area:
area of hemelytra along the outer margin of costal area
present (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., Lis 2003Lis 2003:
Lis, B. 2003. Revision of the genus Cantacader Amiyot et Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cantacaderidae). Polish Journal of Entomology 72: 1-222.).

Distribution

Afrotropical, Australasian, 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 host(s)
Cantacader quinquecostatus (Fieber)	Spain	Unknown

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., Lis 2003Lis 2003:
Lis, B. 2003. Revision of the genus Cantacader Amiyot et Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cantacaderidae). Polish Journal of Entomology 72: 1-222.

Additional images

Cantacader images at the Smithsonian