Carvalhotingis

Taxonomy

Carvalhotingis Froeschner, 1995

Type species: Acanthocheila tumida Drake

Diagnostic characters

Head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segment; occipital spinesoccipital spines:
a cephalic spine (one of a pair) located on the occiput or arising a short distance forward so as to be between the eyes
absent; bucculaebucculae:
an elevated ridge on either side of the first labial segment
open anteriorly, parallel; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
usually unicarinateunicarinate:
bearing only a median carina on pronotum; occurs when lateral carinae are absent
, lateral carinaecarinae:
elevated ridge or keel
, if present, confined to posterior projection of pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
; 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; paranotumparanotum:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
expanded, not reflexedreflexed:
bent or curved backwards, as in a reflexed paranotum
, uniseriateuniseriate:
arranged in a single row, as in uniseriate areolae
, with marginal row of spines; 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
flat, short, not extending beyond the middle of hemelytra; hypocostal laminaehypocostal laminae:
a ridge produced ventrally along costal margin
not extending to the apex of abdomen (Froeschner 1995Froeschner 1995:
Froeschner, R. C. 1995. Review of the New World lace bug genera Acanthocheila Staring;l and Carvalhotingis new genus (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97: 331-339).

Distribution

Neotropical (Mexico to Argentina) (Froeschner 1995Froeschner 1995:
Froeschner, R. C. 1995. Review of the New World lace bug genera Acanthocheila Staring;l and Carvalhotingis new genus (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97: 331-339, Knudson 2018Knudson 2018:
Knudson, A. H. 2018. The Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of southern Central America (with an emphasis on Costa Rica). Master#39;s thesis. North Dakota University. https://library.ndsu.edu/ir/handle/10365/28773)

Interceptions at US ports of entry 1984 to 2018

References

Froeschner 1995Froeschner 1995:
Froeschner, R. C. 1995. Review of the New World lace bug genera Acanthocheila Staring;l and Carvalhotingis new genus (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97: 331-339, Knudson 2018Knudson 2018:
Knudson, A. H. 2018. The Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of southern Central America (with an emphasis on Costa Rica). Master#39;s thesis. North Dakota University. https://library.ndsu.edu/ir/handle/10365/28773