Furcilliger orestes Drake & Ruhoff 1962

Guilbert, Eric, 2006, New species and new records of Tingidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) of New Guinea, Zootaxa 1117, pp. 37-68 : 57

Furcilliger orestes Drake & Ruhoff 1962

Material examined: 1F, New Guinea, NE, SW slope Mt Missim nr. Bulolo Gorge, 1100m, 10.IX.1971, on Picturus (Urticadeae), W.C. Gagné, BPBM.

Comments: Furcilliger Horváth contains three species. Furcilliger cheesmanae Drake and F. orestes Drake & Ruhoff are endemic to New Guinea. Furcilliger asperulus Horváth , known in New Guinea from a single locality, also occurs in Australia (Queensland). According to Drake and Ruhoff (1965), F. asperulus and F. orestes are synonymous; however, they differ by several morphological details, and are therefore, distinct species. The rostrum extends beyond the middle of the metasternum in F. asperulus , whereas in F. orestes it reaches the middle of the mesosternum. The tubercles on the hood are not joined at their base in F asperulus as in F. o re s t e s, but are separated and shorter (or less spiny). The outer margins of the hemelytra and boundary veins are finely serrate, and lack large spines as in F. orestes . Furcilliger asperulus has no spines on the outer margins of the hemelytra. Furcilliger cheesmanae has an uniseriate costal area, the tubercles on the hood are widely separated, the hood is less high, and the paranota are differently shaped.