Species info
Classification > Superfamily Miroidea > Family Tingidae > Subfamily Tinginae > Tribe Tingini > Genus Tingis
Tingis americana Drake 1922
Tingis americana Drake, female, paratype [USNM], dorsal view.
<i>Tingis americana</i> Drake, female, paratype [USNM], dorsal view.
Tingis americana Drake, female, paratype [USNM], dorsal view.
<i>Tingis americana</i> Drake, female, paratype [USNM], lateral view.
Tingis americana Drake, female, paratype [USNM], lateral view.
<i>Tingis americana</i> Drake, male, paratype [USNM], dorsal view.
Tingis americana Drake, male, paratype [USNM], dorsal view.
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Brazil, Paraguay.
 
Observations
In Drake (1922) the species is illustrated. Moreira et al. (2014) describe all nymphal instars, with emphasis on the morphology and ontogenetic development of their integumentary structures providing photographs and scanning electron microscopy photographs. Kormilev (1955) recorded for the first time the species for Argentine in the province of Misiones.
Host plants
Tecoma sp.; Handroanthus heptaphyllus ; Handroanthus chrysotrichus .
References
  • DRAKE, C. J. 1922. Neotropical Tingitidae with descriptions of three new genera and thirty-two new species and varieties (Hemiptera). Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 9(2): 351-379.
  • KORMILEV, N. A. 1955. Notas Sobre “Tingidae” Neotropicales (Hemiptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 15: 63-68.
  • MOREIRA, D.C., M. GUIDOTI, A. BARCELLOS & L.R. REDAELLI . 2014. Description of Tingis americana nymphs (Hemiptera: Tingidae), with emphasis on integumentary structures. Zootaxa 3785(2): 231-240.
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