Leptodictya (Hanuala) leinahoni ( Kirkaldy, 1905 )

Knudson, Alexander H. & Calles Torrez, Veronica, 2023, First host-plant record for Leptodictya (Hanuala) leinahoni (Kirkaldy, 1905) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae), Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 49 (2), pp. 311-317 : 314

Leptodictya (Hanuala) leinahoni ( Kirkaldy, 1905)

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Hanuala leinahoni Kirkaldy, 1905: 217 (new genus, new species) [ Bolivia, Peru]. Leptodictya leinahoni : Drake 1922: 42; Monte 1938: 131. Leptodictya (Hanuala) leinahoni : Drake 1931a: 226 [resurrected ( Hanuala ) as subgenus],

1931b: 121. [ Ecuador]; Drake and Davis 1960: 67, figure 61; Drake and Ruhoff 1960: 65,

1965: 264.

Diagnosis. Leptodictya (Hanuala) leinahoni can be separated from all other species of Leptodictya by the following combination of characters: cephalic spines slender and nearly as long as the length of the scape; pronotal hood slender, as long as head, and nearly less than half as wide as head; each paranotum basally explanate, folded over itself, but anterior margin not covered by itself with internal surface exposed in dorsal view; costal areas broad, with eight to twelve rows of areolae wide at widest, areolae increasing in size toward apices, some areolae and veins irregularly embrowned along margin with irregular transverse light brown markings; discoidal areas with six to eight rows of areolae at widest with several transverse light brown markings.

Specimens examined. Bolivia: Depart. La Paz: 4.2 Km NNE Caranavi, -15,801038, -67,552287, 6-I-2017, A. H. Knudson & V. Calles Torrez, ex. Guadua weberbaueri Plig. [1 male, 1 female UAC-CP, 1 male, 1 female ANCB]. Specimens will be deposited in the collections of La Unidad Académica Campesina de Carmen Pampa [ UAC-CP], a branch of La Universidad Católica Boliviana, and el Museo Nacional de Historia Natural [ ANCB], La Paz, Bolivia .

Figures

Figure 2. Adults of Leptodictya (Hanuala) leinahoni (Kirkaldy) on bamboo leaf, photo by VCT. / Adultos de Leptodictya (Hanuala) leinahoni (Kirkaldy) en hoja de bambú, foto de VCT.

Figure 3. Dorsal habitus of Leptodictya (Hanuala) leinahoni (Kirkaldy) on bamboo leaf, photo by VCT. / Vista dorsal de Leptodictya (Hanuala) leinahoni (Kirkaldy) en hoja de bambú, foto de VCT.