Pseudacysta

Taxonomy

Pseudacysta Blatchley, 1926

Type species: Acysta perseae Heidemann

Diagnostic characters

Body oval and elongate, head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segment; antennae longer than the length of pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
, length of segment I subequal to that of segment II; 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 meso- and 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
reduced to posterior projections with one or two areolae; 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
broad, with at least 3 rows of areolae; discoidal areadiscoidal area:
area of the forewing posterior to the subcostal area
level, discoidal cell open behind, long, extending beyond the middle of hemelytra; hypocostal laminaehypocostal laminae:
a ridge produced ventrally along costal margin
extending beyond the apex of abdomen (Hurd 1946Hurd 1946:
Hurd, M. E. P. 1946. Generic classification of North American Tingoidea (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). The Iowa State College Journal of Science 20: 429-493.).

Distribution

Nearctic, Neotropical - the Caribbean (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, 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

Intercepted species	Shipment origin(s)	Inspected host(s)
Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann)	Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, Tortola	Abelmoschus sp., Annona muricata, Annona sp., Citrus limon, Citrus sp., Cucumis sp., Laurelia sp., Liatris sp., Momordica sp., Ocimum basilicum, Ocimum sp., Persea americana, Persea sp., Piper sp., Psidium guajava, Ricinus communis, Rosmarinus officinalis

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, 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

Additional images

Pseudacysta images at the Smithsonian