Pampacader, Carpintero, Diego L. & Montemayor, Sara I., 2005

Carpintero, Diego L. & Montemayor, Sara I., 2005, (Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Argentina, Zootaxa 1066, pp. 57-60 : 58-59

Pampacader n. gen.

DIAGNOSIS: Among the genera of Phatnomatini with seven head spines or tubercles this is the only genus with hooklike occipital spines, at least as long as an eye, outer margins of paranota sinuate, and peritreme of ostiolar pore so close to hypocosta as to overlap the ventral vein.

DESCRIPTION: General shape ovate. Head very long, porrect, extending far in front of compound eyes, with short hairs; armed with seven spines; one clypeal, two jugal, two frontal spines, porrect, stout with blunt ends and two occipital spines slender, hooklike with sharp ends, paler than rest of head. Eyes set close to pronotum, poorly developed, ovate, longer than width. Antennae short, slender, cylindrical, segments I and II very short, swollen; segment III slender, segment IV swollen and pilose. Antennal ratio 1: 1.3: 76.6: 2.3. Antenniferous tubercles spiniform. Bucculae subtriangular in lateral view, large, convergent, almost contiguous, extending a little beyond apex of head, areolate, with one row of areoles widening towards base, at widest part an extra group of areoles. Rostrum reaching third abdominal segment. Rostral channel deep. Pronotum convex, wider than long, areolate, tricarinate; anterior margin concave, posterior margin transverse. Paranota wide, slightly reflected, areolate, margins sinuate. Scutellum small, exposed. Metapleural scent glands with very evident ostiole, rounded. Hemelytra convex, wider and longer than abdomen, overlapping when at rest, jointly rounded behind. Divided in usual areas; costal, subcostal, discoidal and sutural areas. Costal area triseriated anteriorly the rest biseriated, subcostal area quinqueseriated. Hypocostal ridge uniseriate.

Type­species by monotypy: Pampacader cicchinoi n. sp.

ETYMOLOGY: Masculine. Pampa ­, from the Argentine biogeographic province. – cader from genus Cantacader to indicate yet another genus in the taxon containing that genus.