Pitambara Distant, 1906

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Genus Pitambara Distant, 1906

Pitambara Distant, 1906: 319 .

Pitambara – Melichar 1915: 361. — Liang 2000: 291.

Type species

Elasmoscelis radians Kirby, 1891 , designated by subsequent designation of Melichar (1915: 361).

Redescription

Relatively small taxon, length 7.0– 8.5 mm. Head including eyes narrower than pronotum. Vertex moderately long, about 1.0–1.5 times longer than broad, slightly produced forward in front of eyes or at level of anterior margin of eyes; anterior and lateral margins carinated and elevated, anterior margin slightly convex or nearly straight, posterior margin concave. Compound eyes large. Ocelli present; genal and ocelar carinae absent; foramen of the antenna not touching compound eye. Antennae with scape very small and short; pedicel oblong. Frons much longer than broad in ventral view, margins carinated, lateral margins moderately ampliated basally, sublateral carinae well marked and elevated, not reaching frontoclypeal suture, but joining each other anteriorly and reaching vertex margin by forming short common stem, median area depressed, median carina, if present, very weak. Clypeus thick, elevated medially, median carina well developed. Labium short, not reaching hind coxae; apical segment extremely short. Pronotum shorter and broader than vertex, tricarinate, anterior margin convex, posterior margin nearly straight, dorso-lateral angle oblique, median area small and narrow, lateral carinae fused at anterior margin. Mesonotum large, tricarinate. Tegmina relatively short and broad, apical margin rounded, claval margin slightly ampliated beyond clavus; costal area broad, or narrow near base and broadening from base to apex, with many transverse parallel veins inside; subapical line in apical part generally observable, veins Pcu and A1 fused at middle of clavus. Hindwings broader than tegmina; anal lobe developed, without transverse veins on apical area. Fore and median femora and tibiae flattened. Hind tibiae somewhat dilated at apex, with 2 spines on lateral margin and over 30 small spines organised on 3 to 5 rows in apical part. First metathoracic tarsal segment incrassate, longer than cumulative length of next two segments, bearing a pad of microsetae ventrally, one apical spine on each side plus a few additional small ones.