Urentius

Taxonomy

Urentius Distant, 1903

Type species: Urentius echinus Distant = Tingis hystricellus Ritcher

Diagnostic characters

Head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segment; antennae longer than the pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
; spines present on head, pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
, and hemelytra; bucculaebucculae:
an elevated ridge on either side of the first labial segment
closed anteriorly; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
tricarinate, lateral carinaecarinae:
elevated ridge or keel
hidden anteriorly under reflexedreflexed:
bent or curved backwards, as in a reflexed paranotum
paranotumparanotum:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
; 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
widely expanded with at least 3 rows of areolaeareolae:
a small enclosed space on a surface, such as an area enclosed by veinlets on wings
, reflexedreflexed:
bent or curved backwards, as in a reflexed paranotum
and appressed to pronotal disc, not forming elevated cyst; anterior margin of paranotumparanotum:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
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
; 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 (Distant 1904aDistant 1904a:
Distant, W. L. 1904a. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Vol. II. Part 1 (Heteroptera). Taylor amp; Francis, London.).

Distribution

Afrotropical, Australasian, 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 host(s)
Urentius euonymus Distant	Israel, Jordon	Cucurbita sp., Leucadendron sp., Origanum vulgare, Salvia officinalis, Thymus vulgaris
Urentius sp.	Israel, Qatar	Origanum vulgare, Vitis sp.

References

Distant 1904aDistant 1904a:
Distant, W. L. 1904a. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Vol. II. Part 1 (Heteroptera). Taylor amp; Francis, London., 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

Urentius images at the Smithsonian