Myndus Stal,

Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr. 6: 307, 1862. Logotype, Myndus musivus Germar.

Head narrower than pronotum; posterior margin of crown broadly rounded and mesonotum tricarinate; crown broad and posterior tibiae without lateral spines; venation of tegmina distinct; radius, media and subcosta united at the base; subcosta and radius bifurcate near the nodal cell; radius with three branches; media unbranched before the branching of subcosta and radius.

This is a large genus with about 48 known species whichhave been described from all of the major regions of the world except South America, Africa, and Australia. Five species have been described from the Pacific-four from Samoa and one from Fiji.