Hypsipyrgias, Kirkaldy, 1908, Kirkaldy, 1908

Lis, Barbara & Lis, Jerzy A., 2021, Hypsipyrgias joseliae, a new species of lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae: Tinginae) from New Guinea with a key to species of the genus Hypsipyrgias, and comments on three allied genera Hypsipyrgias Kirkaldy, 1908, Diplocysta Horváth, 1925, and Hypsotingis Drake, 1960, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 327-333 : 329

Key to genera

1 Pronotal cyst (hood) forming two spherical cysts ( Fig. 10 ): left and right away from each other, costal area of hemelytron distinctly raised........................................................................ Diplocysta Horváth

- Pronotal cyst (hood) simple, not forming two spherical cysts ( Figs 5–7 , 8–9 ), costal area of hemelytron flat, not raised..... 2

2 Pronotal lateral carinae low ( Figs 5–7 ), composed of one row of very flat areolae or without areolae, lateral pronotal carinae not adjoin to the surface of hood........................................................... Hypsipyrgias Kirkaldy

- Pronotal lateral carinae high ( Figs 8–9 ), composed of one row of large areolae, lateral pronotal carinae surround base of hood and adjoin to its surface.................................................................. Hypsotingis Drake

Figures

FIGURES 8–10. Comparison of the hood (pronotal cyst) in Hypsotingis and Diplocysta. 8. H. columna, dorsal view (modified from Drake, 1960). 9. H. papuana, lateral view (modified from Drake & Ruhoff, 1965). 10. D. trilobata, dorso-caudal view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm. Abbreviation: lc—lateral carina.

FIGURES 5–7. Species of the genus Hypsipyrgias in dorsal view. 5. H. telamonides (after Kirkaldy, 1908). 6. Hypsipyrgias euphues (SouthAustralian Museum, https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1632742676; modified, under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license). 7. Hypsipyrgias joceliae sp. n. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: cfs—cephalic frontal spines, lc—lateral carina, te—tumid elevation at the apex of triangular pronotal projection.