Thalmini Durai, 1987

Lis, Jerzy A., Kocorek, Anna, Ziaja, Dariusz J. & Lis, Paweł, 2015, New insight into the systematic position of the endemic Madagascan genus Amberiana (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Dinidoridae) using 12 S rDNA sequences, Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (4), pp. 610-619 : 618

Tribe Thalmini Durai, 1987

Diagnostic characters

Pronotum without paranota; rostrum short, at best reaching the metacoxae; tarsi 2-segmented; spiracles of the first visible abdominal sternum sometimes covered by thoracic metasternum.

Included genera

Folengus Distant, 1914 ; Thalma Walker, 1868 ; Urusa Walker, 1868 .

Remarks

In the world catalogue of the family Dinidoridae ( Rolston et al., 1996) , the authorship of the tribe was credited to Nuamah (1982). However, Nuamah (1982), in his paper on the karyotypes of some Pentatomoidea , listed only the name of the tribe and cited the unpublished PhD thesis of Durai (1979); he gave neither a description nor at least a single diagnostic character for the tribe, which is necessary to establish a new taxon. Its proper description (in accordance with the rules of the International Code of the Zoological Nomenclature) was then provided by Durai (1987); therefore, Durai should be regarded as the author of the tribe’s name.

Tribe Amberianini J.A. Lis & Kocorek , new tribe

Diagnostic characters

Pronotum bearing paranota; rostrum very long and reaching at least the fourth abdominal segment; tarsi 3-segmented; spiracles of the first visible abdominal sternum covered by thoracic metasternum.

Type genus: Amberiana Distant, 1911 .

Included genus: Amberiana Distant, 1911 .