LISTADO DE TINGIDAE (HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA) DE VENEZUELA

The tingids or lace bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Cimicomorpha: Tingidae) are small sized insects with phytophagous habits and a cosmopolitan distribution, and some taxa are of agriculture importance. In this paper, a revised and updated checklist of the family Tingidae registered from Venezuela is presented and discussed. Up to now, 67 lace bugs species have been recorded, distributed into 3 subfamilies, 3 tribes and 26 genera, including subfamily Cantacaderinae, Tribe Phatnomatini, genera Zetekella (1 species) and Phatnoma (2 species); subfamily Tinginae, Tribe Litadeini, genus Stragulotingis (2 species); and the Tribe Tingini, genera Acanthocheila (1 species), Amblystira (3 species), Atheas (1 species), Corythaica (4 species), Corythucha (6 species), Dictyla (5 species), Dyspharsa (1 species), Eurypharsa (1 species), Gargaphia (4 species), Leptocysta (1 species), Leptodictya (4 species), Leptopharsa (5 species), Pachycysta (2 especies), Paraceratotingis (1 species), Phymacysta (1 species), Pleseobyrsa (2 species), Pseudacysta (1 species), Sphaerocysta (1 species), Teleonemia (7 species), Tingis (2 species), Vatiga (2 species); and the subfamily Vianaidinae, genera Anommatocoris (6 species) and Henryvianaida (1 species). The presence of Corythucha fuscomaculata, Eurypharsa nobilis, Anommatocoris serratus, Anommatocoris n. sp. 1, Anommatocoris n. sp. 2, Dyspharsa uniseriata n. sp., Pleseobyrsa venezuelana n. sp., Henryvianaida n. sp., Leptopharsa n. sp. 1, Leptopharsa n. sp. 2 and Leptodictya n. sp. are recorded for the first time. The formal descriptions and diagnoses of two new species, Dyspharsa uniseriata n. sp. and Pleseobyrsa venezuelana are presented. In addition, in most of species host or associated plants and geographic distribution data is provided.
Published online in Revista Nicaragüense de Entomología. Número 226. 2021