Vekunta Distant, 1906

Sui, Yong-Jin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2019, Review of the genus Vekunta Distant from China, with descriptions of two new species (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Derbidae), ZooKeys 825, pp. 55-69 : 55

Genus Vekunta Distant, 1906 Figs 1-4, 5-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-34

Temesa Melichar, 1903: 40; preoccupied by Temesa ( Mollusca) Adams, 1855.

Vekunta Distant, 1906a: 8; 1906b: 287; Yang and Wu 1993: 97; Liang and Wu 2001: 511-512; Löcker et al. 2009: 15; Rahman et al. 2012: 24.

Type species.

Temesa tenella Melichar, 1903 by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Combination of the following characters: head (Figs 2, 4, 7, 22) in profile distinctly angulate. Vertex (Figs 1, 3, 5, 20) quadrate, at base wider than at apex, slightly projecting in front of eyes, covered with sensory pits, divided from frons by transverse carina. Frons (Figs 6, 21) without median carina, elongate to quadrate. Postclypeus with three carinae. Antennae (Figs 5-7, 20-22) short, second antennomere oval, subantennal process (Figs 6, 7, 21, 22) small or absent. Ocelli (Figs 7, 22) present. Forewing (Figs 8, 23) with short subcostal cell, Sc+R fused with MP for a short distance, forking nearly basal one-fifth, MP with two sectors, CuA two branched, forking nearly basal one-third, costal margin and vein Pcu covered with tubercles, Pcu+A1 reaching forewing margin near middle. Hindwing (Figs 9, 24) shorter than forewing, MP two branched, forking apically, CuA three branched, forking near middle, CuP and Pcu single, A1 two branched. Spinal formula of hind leg 7 –6– 6.