Micrutalini Haupt, 1929

Selected references
Haupt 1929c
Deitz 1975a
McKamey 1998a
Sakakibara 1999a
Sakakibara 2002a
Godoy, Miranda, and Nishida 2006a
Wallace 2010a
McKamey and Wallner 2022b
Overview
Sakakibara (2002a) redescribed the tribe Micrutalini and revised its genera Micrutalis and Trachytalis.
Taxon images
Micrutalini
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1.Micrutalis calva
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2.Trachytalis isabellina
 
Distribution
Neotropical and Nearctic regions: throughout much of tropical and temperate South and North America and the West Indies.
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1.
 
Diagnostic characters
Pronotum simple, without anterior, lateral, and dorsal processes; posterior process not or only slightly concealing forewing in repose. Forewing vein R 2+3 present only as marginal vein; hind wing vein R 2+3 indistinct or absent; r-m crossvein present. Male aedeagus with dorsal tumescence near base of anterior arm.
Immatures
McKamey and Wallner (2022b) described and illustrated the nymphs.
Ecology
Not attended by ants, the nymphs are remarkably cryptic on their host plants (McKamey and Wallner 2022b).
Behavior
The nymphs are solitary (McKamey and Wallner 2022b).
Taxonomic constituents
Prepared by
Lewis L. Deitz, Matthew S. Wallace, Stuart H. McKamey, and Mark J. Rothschild, 9 March 2023.