Ileifea

Ileifea radiata forewing after Banaszkiewicz & Szwedo, 2005 and Synave Distant, 1979 (click on image to enlarge it)

Family: Derbidae
Tribe: Aquaeliciini
Genus: Ileifea Banaszkiewicz & Szwedo, 2005
Type species: Patara radiata (= Ileifea radiata) Synave, 1979, by original designation.

Diagnosis

The genus is characterized by:

• The anterior cubital area of the forewing encloses two cells.
• The terminal vein of CuA₁₊₂ joins the posterior branch of M with a single vein.
• CuA forks apicad of junction of claval veins.
• The apical anterior cubital cell is longer than the basal one.
• A cross-vein is present between r and m.

References

• Banaszkiewicz, M. and Szwedo, J. 2005: Notes on Otiocerinae with description of a new tribe from Madagascar and Africa (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae), Annales Zoologici, 55(2): 223-241.