Monosteira

Taxonomy

Monosteira Costa, 1863

Type species: Monanthia unicornis Mulsant and Rey

Diagnostic characters

Body oval and elongate, head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segment; antennae shorter than the length of pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
; cephalic spinescephalic spines:
a spine on the head
present; bucculaebucculae:
an elevated ridge on either side of the first labial segment
closed anteriorly; rostral sulcusrostral sulcus:
shallow furrow on either side of rostrum (labium)
uninterrupted by a transverse carinacarina:
elevated ridge or keel
, enlarged on mesosternum and broadly cordate on metasternum; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
unicarinate; 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
narrow, uniseriateuniseriate:
arranged in a single row, as in uniseriate areolae
, anterior third reflexedreflexed:
bent or curved backwards, as in a reflexed paranotum
and appressed to the pronotal disc, spines absent along paranotal margin, anterior margin not projecting anterad; 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
; costal areacostal area:
area of the costa delineated by the first longitudinal vein of the wing, usually running along the anterior margin
narrow, uniseriateuniseriate:
arranged in a single row, as in uniseriate areolae
; discoidal areadiscoidal area:
area of the forewing posterior to the subcostal area
level, discoidal cell long, extending well beyond the middle of hemelytrahemelytra:
one of the basally thickened forewings of Hemiptera
(Scudder 2012Scudder 2012:
Scudder, G. G. E. 2012. Monosteira unicostata (Mulsant amp; Rey) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) established in North America, with a key to the genera of Tingidae in Canada. Entomologica Americana. 118: 295-297.).

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., Drake and Ruhoff 1965Drake and Ruhoff 1965:
Drake, C. J., and F. A. Ruhoff. 1965. Lacebugs of the World: A Catalog (Hemiptera: Tingidae) Bulletin of the United States National Museum: 1ndash;634., 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 commodities
Monosteira unicostata Mulsant & Rey	Croatia, France, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Portugal	Arachis hypogaea, Crataegus azarolus, Ficus carica, Malus sp., Malus sylvestris, Mespilus germanica, Prunus dulcis, Prunus sp, Punica granatus, Rosmarinus officinalis, Thymus citriodorus, Vitis sp., stone products-ceramic tiles, marble tiles

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., Drake and Ruhoff 1965Drake and Ruhoff 1965:
Drake, C. J., and F. A. Ruhoff. 1965. Lacebugs of the World: A Catalog (Hemiptera: Tingidae) Bulletin of the United States National Museum: 1ndash;634., Guilbert 2019Guilbert 2019:
Guilbert, E. 2019. Lace bugs database - http://www.hemiptera-databases.com/tingidae

Additional images

Monosteira images at the Smithsonian