Niesthreini, Chopra, 1967

Vilímová, Jitka & Rohanová, Markéta, 2010, The external morphology of eggs of three Rhopalidae species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with a review of the eggs of this family, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1), pp. 75-95 : 86

Niesthreini

The following description is based on studies of Arhyssus lateralis , Niesthrea louisianica and Niesthrea sidae (Fabricius, 1794) ( HAMBLETON 1909, READIO 1928, WHEELER 1977, PASKEWITZ & MCPHERSON 1983). Egg ovoid to oval, widest in middle. Chorion surface with hexagonal reticulation. Pseudoperculum with poorly ( Arhyssus , N. sidae ) to well-defined ( N. louisianica ) border. Two micropylar processes short, broad, inconspicuous. Ventral side narrowed opposite center of dorsal side. Short stalk attaching the egg to the substrate develops on dorsal side (as a pedicel in all species). Because detailed infromation on the stalk is unavailable we cannot determine if the stalk is homologous with that in Chorosomatini (see below).