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We report from Laos for the first time two genera and three species of lace bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Tingidae). This brings the number of tingids reported from Laos to 25 genera and 32 species. The two genera are Eritingis Drake & Ruhoff, 1962 and Haedus Distant, 1904, and the three species are Eritingis recentis (Drake & Poor, 1937), Haedus vicarius (Drake, 1927), and Trachypeplus jingae Dang, Guilbert & Bu, 2013.

The lace bug genus Eritingis Drake and Ruhoff, 1962 is widely distributed in the Australian and Oriental Regions, whereas only a single species, E. recentis (Drake and Poor, 1937), has been recorded from the Oriental Region. To date, E. recentis is known to occur in Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, and Vietnam, but has not been recorded from Japan and Thailand.Eritingis and E. recentis are recorded from Japan and Thailand for the first time.

Background: The lace bug genus Eritingis Drake and Ruhoff, 1962 is widely distributed in the Australian and Oriental Regions, whereas only a single species, E. recentis (Drake and Poor, 1937), has been recorded from the Oriental Region. To date, E. recentis is known to occur in Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Vietnam, but has not been recorded from Japan and Thailand., New Information: Eritingis and E. recentis are recorded from Japan and Thailand for the first time., (Jun Souma.)