Prolactistes J. A. Lis, 2001

Lis, Jerzy A. & Zielińska, Anna, 2020, Review of the genus Prolactistes (Heteroptera: Cydnidae), with two new combinations, first Indonesian records and a key to species of the genus, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 60 (2), pp. 609-614 : 610

Prolactistes J. A. Lis, 2001

Prolactistes J. A. Lis, 2001: 103 . Type species by original designation:

Prolactistes australis J. A. Lis, 2001 ; G*©ඈඌඌ & Cൺඌඌංඌ (2002): 414

(catalogue of Australia); Lංඌ & SർΗൺൾൿൾ*© (2005): 278, 280, 282

(tibial combs)

Diagnostic characters. Body elongate ( Fig. 1 ); outer part of anterior tibia strongly produced beyond the point of tarsal insertion ( Fig. 2 ); peritremal surface with claw-like process ( Fig. 4 ); head with lateral margins flattened and upcurved ( Fig. 6 ); its submargins, except for clypeus, with a row of 9–13 setigerous punctures bearing 6–11 peg-like setae and 2–4 hair-like setae ( Fig. 6 ); antennae 5-segmented. For a detailed description of the genus, see Lංඌ (2001).

Figures

Figs 1–7. 1, 2, 4, 6 – Prolactistes australis J. A. Lis, 2001. 3, 5, 7 – Paraethus capicola (Westwood, 1837). 1 – dorsal habitus; 2, 3 – anterior tibia, arrows indicate the point of tarsal insertion (left) and the outer part of the anterior tibia (right); 4, 5 – evaporatoria of meso- and metathorax, arrows indicate the claw-like process of peritreme; 6, 7 – head, dorsal view. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.