Ceratotingis rafaeli Montemayor, 2008

Costa, Sara Itzel Montemayor and Luiz Antônio Alves, 2009, Systematic revision of Macrotingis and phylogenetic analysis of the genera Macrotingis and Ceratotingis (Heteroptera: Tingidae), European Journal of Entomology 106 (4), pp. 631-642 : 639

Ceratotingis rafaeli Montemayor, 2008

( Figs 2F , 3F , 4F , 5F and 6B )

Ceratotingis rafaeli Montemayor, 2008: 444 .

Diagnosis. General colour brown. Cuticle anterodorsal to eyes thicker, raised, yellowish and rugose. Occipital spines abruptly diverging. Segment Imore than five times longer than the head. Hood well developed. Median pronotal carina in the form of a hump. Paranota with two rows of areolae. Mesosternal lamina convex, both laminae more separated anteriorly than posteriorly. Costal area with one row of areolae.

Total body length (females N = 5 and males N = 5, respectively): 3.93–4.26 (4.14) 3.93–4.40 (4.21).

Type material examined. Holotype: ♀, Panama, Colon Province, Y. Basset Coll., 1999, Beating/hand collecting, collected on sapling trees ( NMNH). Paratypes six males, eight females, same collecting data ( NMNH) .

Distribution ( Fig. 7 ). Panama.

Figures

Fig. 2. A–J. Dorsal views of heads of Macrotingis, Ceratotingis, Tigava and Vatiga. A – M. biseriata; B – M. novicis; C – M. schaffneri; D – M. uniseriata; E – C. costarriquense; F – C. rafaeli; G – C. spatula; H – C. zeteki; I – T. praecellans; J – V. vicosana. Scale bar = 1 mm

Fig. 3. A–J. Lateral view of heads of Macrotingis, Ceratotingis, Tigava and Vatiga. A – M. biseriata; B – M. novicis; C – M. schaffneri; D – M. uniseriata; E – C. costarriquense; F – C. rafaeli; G – C. spatula; H – C. zeteki; I – T. praecellans; J – V. vicosana. Scale bar = 1 mm

Fig. 4. A–J. Dorsal view of pronotal discs of Macrotingis, Ceratotingis, Tigava and Vatiga. A – M. biseriata; B – M. novicis; C – M. schaffneri; D – M. uniseriata; E – C. costarriquense; F – C. rafaeli; G – C. spatula; H – C. zeteki; I – T. praecellans; J – V. vicosana. Scale bar = 1 mm

Fig. 5. A–J. Hemelytra of Macrotingis, Ceratotingis, Tigava and Vatiga. A – M. biseriata; B – M. novicis; C – M. schaffneri; D – M. uniseriata; E – C. costarriquense; F – C. rafaeli; G – C. spatula; H – C. zeteki; I – T. praecellans; J – V. vicosana. Abbreviations: Cu – Cubitus vein; RM – Radius Media vein. Scale bar = 1 mm

Fig. 6. A–D. Ceratotingis species. A – C. costarriquense; B – C. rafaeli; C – C. spatula; D – C. zeteki. Scale bar = 1 mm

Fig. 7. Geographic distribution of species of Macrotingis and Ceratotingis