Gitava fusca SCHOUTEDEN , 1957

Guilbert, Eric & Heiss, Ernst, 2016, First fossil records of Tingidae from Madagascan Copal with description of two new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (2), pp. 1081-1090 : 1085

Gitava fusca SCHOUTEDEN, 1957 ( Figs 12-16 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: One male (Figs 12,13) with complete appendages, hemelytra spread laterally, embedded in a block of epoxyd resin 12x18x 6 mm, and one female ( Figs 14-16 ), also with complete legs and antennae in a piece of yellowish transparent Copal.

The lectotype is deposited in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France: LT, designated by FROESCHNER, Madagascar, coll. Sicard.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Only known from Madagascar.

Host plant: unrecorded.

Figures

Figs 12-16: Tingidae in Madagascan Copal: (12) Gitava fusca, specimen 1, male, dorsal view; (13) ditto ventral view; (14) Gitava fusca, specimen 2, female, dorsal view; (15) ditto ventral view; (16) ditto lateral view. Scales 1 mm.