Cysteochila impressa HORVATH , 1910

Guilbert, Eric & Heiss, Ernst, 2016, First fossil records of Tingidae from Madagascan Copal with description of two new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (2), pp. 1081-1090 : 1084

Cysteochila impressa HORVATH, 1910 ( Figs 3, 6 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Male, antennae and legs complete, preserved in a half-lateral position.

The holotype of impressa is deposited in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet in Stockholm, Sweden: HT, male, Kilimandjaro: Kibonoto, 6. Oktober 1905, 1300-1900 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Kenya, Tanzania, Comores, Madagascar, Senegal.

Host plant: unrecorded.

D i s c u s s i o n: The fossil specimen is regarded as C. impressa , although there are some small differences between the type and the fossil specimen: the areolae and the hood seem to be larger in the fossil specimen, however, these slight differences do not justify to consider it as a new species.

Figures

Figs 1-6: Tingidae in Madagascan Copal: (1) Phatnoma madadascariensis nov.sp., holotype male, dorsal view; (2) ditto, ventral view; (3) Cysteochila impressa, male dorsal view; (4) Cysteochila copal nov.sp., holotype female, dorsal view; (5) ditto, ventral view; (6) Cysteochila impressa, male, ventral view. Scales 1 mm.