Cnemiandrus

Taxonomy

Cnemiandrus Distant, 1902

Type species: Cnemiandrus typicus Distant

Diagnostic characters

Head long, clypeus surpassing apical half of first antennal segment; cephalic spinescephalic spines:
a spine on the head
absent; bucculaebucculae:
an elevated ridge on either side of the first labial segment
open anteriorly; interocular areainterocular area:
area between compound eyes
not depressed; rostrumrostrum:
a beak or snout, applied especially to the piercing mouth-parts of bugs and elongated snouts of weevils
long, reaching abdominal segment; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
tricarinate, lateral carinaecarinae:
elevated ridge or keel
visible only on anterior and posterior regions of pronotal disc; 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 the 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

Afrotropical (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)
Cnemiandrus typicus Distant	South Africa	Brunia sp.

References

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

Cnemiandrus images at the Smithsonian