Mnasthaia, Szwedo, Jacek, Bourgoin, Thierry & Lefebvre, Fabrice, 2006

Szwedo, Jacek, Bourgoin, Thierry & Lefebvre, Fabrice, 2006, New Mnemosynini taxa (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from the Palaeogene of France with notes on their early association with host plants, Zootaxa 1122, pp. 25-45 : 38

Mnasthaia gen. nov.

TYPE SPECIES: Mnasthaia arverniorum sp. nov.

ETYMOLOGY: From the Greek verb “ mnâstha ” —to remember. Gender: feminine.

DIAGNOSIS: Mnasthaia gen. nov. differs from Mnemosyne , Autrimpus , Stalisyne and Mnaomaia by lack of forking of RP near the level of nodal line (always forked at or apicad of nodal line in the others), RP forked near the apex, with two terminalia (more terminalia in Mnemosyne , Autrimpus and Stalisyne , two terminalia also in Mnaomaia ); CuA with three terminalia (two terminalia in Mnemosyne and Stalisyne ); basicostal field not present (present in Stalisyne ), veins CuP and Pcu connected by a veinlet at base.

DESCRIPTION: Face very long, with median carina; lateral carinae of postclypeus distinct; rostrum long; Costal border without basicostal field, stigma elongate; basal cell about twice as long as wide; RP with only apical forking; CuA with three terminalia; clavus long exceeding 2/3 of tegmen length; transverse veinlet between CuP and Pcu at base of tegmen present.