Classification > Superfamily
Miroidea
> Family
Tingidae
> Subfamily
Tinginae
> Tribe
Tingini
> Genus
Carvalhotingis
Carvalhotingis visenda (Drake & Hambleton 1934)
Carvalhotingis visenda , Female Paratype [USNM], dorsal view
![<i> Carvalhotingis visenda </i>, Female Paratype [USNM], lateral view](../../images/680.jpg)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Jujuy
Other distribution
Australia, Brazil, Peru and South Africa.
- Acanthocheila visenda Drake & Hambleton, 1934
The species is illustrated in Drake & Davis (1960). There is a key to determine the species of Carvalhotingis (Froeschner, 1995). The known Argentinean record belongs to Monte (1940). Carvalhotingis visenda was the first biological control agent approved for release against cat’s claw creeper Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) (Bignoniaceae) in Australia and South Africa (Dhileepan et al. 2010; King et al. 2011; Guidoti et al., 2015).
Bignonia exoleta
- MONTE, O. 1940. Tingitideos novos ou pouco conhecidos da fauna Americana. Arquivos do Instituto Biologico 11(34): 283-300.
- DRAKE, C. J. & N. T. DAVIS. 1960. The morphology, phylogeny, and higher classification of the family Tingidae, including the description of a new genus and species of the subfamily Vianaidinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Entomologica Americana 39(1): 100.
- FROESCHNER, R. C. . 1995. Review of the new world lace bug genera Acanthocheila Stål and Carvalhotingis new genus (Hereroptera: Tingidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97(2): 331-339.
- DHILEEPAN, K., M. TREVIÑO, D. BAYLISS, M. SAUNDERS, J. MCCARTHY, M. SHORTUS, E. L. SNOW , G. H. WALTER. 2010. Introduction and establishment of Carvalhotingis visenda (Hemiptera: Tingidae) as a biological control agent for cat’s claw creeper Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) in Australia. Biol Control 55:58–62
- KING, A. M, H. E. WILLIAMS & L. G. MADIRE . 2011. Biological control of cat’s claw creeper, Macfadyena unguis - cati (L.) A.H.Gentry (Bignoniaceae), in South Africa. Afr Entomol 19: 366–377
- GUIDOTI, M., S.I. MONTEMAYOR & É. GUILBERT . 2015. Lace Bugs (Tingidae). In True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics (pp. 395-419). Springer Netherlands.
