Macrotingis, Champion, 1897

Costa, Sara Itzel Montemayor and Luiz Antônio Alves, 2009, Systematic revision of Macrotingis and phylogenetic analysis of the genera Macrotingis and Ceratotingis (Heteroptera: Tingidae), European Journal of Entomology 106 (4), pp. 631-642 : 632

Key to species of Macrotingis

1 Lateral pronotal carinae absent, paranota with two or three rows of areolae with those in the outer and inner rows of similar size ( Figs 1C , 4C )................. M. schaffneri

– Lateral pronotal carinae present, paranota with two rows of areolae with those in the outer row bigger than those in the innerrow ....................................... 2

2 Costal area with only one row of areolae over all its length ( Figs 1D , 5D ). ......................... M. uniseriata

– Costal area with two rows of areolae over all or part of its length.......................................... 3

3 Costal area with two rows of areolae over all its length, rostrum reaches the meso-metasternum ( Figs 1A , 5A )......... ....................................... M. biseriata

– Costal area with anterior and posterior thirds with one row of areolae, medial third with two, rostrum reaches posterior half of mesoesternum ( Figs 1B , 5B ). .......... M. novicis

Figures

Fig. 1. A–D. Macrotingis species. A – M. biseriata; B – M. novicis; C – M. schaffneri; D – M. uniseriata. Scale bar = 1 mm

Fig. 4. A–J. Dorsal view of pronotal discs of Macrotingis, Ceratotingis, Tigava and Vatiga. A – M. biseriata; B – M. novicis; C – M. schaffneri; D – M. uniseriata; E – C. costarriquense; F – C. rafaeli; G – C. spatula; H – C. zeteki; I – T. praecellans; J – V. vicosana. Scale bar = 1 mm

Fig. 5. A–J. Hemelytra of Macrotingis, Ceratotingis, Tigava and Vatiga. A – M. biseriata; B – M. novicis; C – M. schaffneri; D – M. uniseriata; E – C. costarriquense; F – C. rafaeli; G – C. spatula; H – C. zeteki; I – T. praecellans; J – V. vicosana. Abbreviations: Cu – Cubitus vein; RM – Radius Media vein. Scale bar = 1 mm