Agramma pictipenne (Horvàth 1902), Horvath, 1902

Guilbert, Eric, 2007, Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Laos: new species and new records, Zootaxa 1442, pp. 1-18 : 13

Agramma pictipenne (Horvàth 1902)

Material examined: 1 Ψ, Laos, Ban Theuong, 18km NW of Xieng Khouang, 1035m, 26.VIII.1960, sweeping grass, R.E. Leech coll., Bishop.

Comments: This species is known from New South Wales by the type specimens. It is more similar to Ceratinoderma Stål species than to the other Agramma Stephens species from the region by the coleopteroid shape of the body and the lack of distinct hemelytral areas. Ceratinoderma is known by two species ( C. fornicata Stål and C. stali Rodrigues ), both from Africa and both lacking distinct hemelytral areas. Agramma pictipenne is also similar to A. kivuensis (Schouteden) , which has a narrow and uniseriate costal area, and a slight and almost indistinct RM vein between the subcostal and discoidal areas. Kivuensis former belonged to the genus Ceratinoderma .