Sinalda

Taxonomy

Sinalda Distant, 1904

Type species: Sinalda elegans Distant

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
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 III, ventral side of abdomen with mediolongitudinal groove; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
tricarinate, lateral carinaecarinae:
elevated ridge or keel
obsolete on anterior 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, with one to two rows of areolaeareolae:
a small enclosed space on a surface, such as an area enclosed by veinlets on wings
, 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 hemelytra; hypocostal laminae extending to the apex of abdomen, stenocostal areastenocostal area:
area of hemelytra along the outer margin of costal area
absent (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, Oriental (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)

Interceptions at US ports of entry 1984 to 2018

Intercepted species	Shipment origin(s)	Inspected host(s)
Sinalda haplotaxis Froeschner	South Africa	Unknown plant
Sinalda sp.	South Africa	Unknown plant

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

Sinalda images at the Smithsonian