Boocerini Goding, 1892

Tribe Boocerini Goding, 1892

Nymphal description.

Overall body. Weakly vertically depressed. Head. Mid-dorsal structures and dorsal or anterior rounded protuberances, and compound eye surface setae absent; chalazal setae narrowly paleate; without enlarged chalazae in front of ventral margin of eye; frons extended over central margin of eye (Fig. 6 View Figures 5–7 ); not anteriorly or ventrally strongly carinate. Prothorax. Pre- and postmetopidium dorsal structures absent; posterior extension of pronotum not surpassing anterior margin of metanotum; pronotal lateral margin bearing a sharp ventral angle; postmetopidium not elevated and acute; without lateral scoli. Mesothorax. Dorsal structures absent; forewing pad distal two-thirds costal margin emarginate (Fig. 5 View Figures 5–7 ), costal enlarged chalazae absent; posterior margin convex, medially extending into acute or obtuse angle (Fig. 7 View Figures 5–7 ); lateral scoli absent. Metathorax. Dorsal structures absent. Legs. Metathoracic tarsi distinctly longer than pro- and mesothoracic tarsi (Fig. 5 View Figures 5–7 ). Abdominal terga III – VIII. Ventrolateral margins with flattened lamellar extensions on segments IV – VIII (Figs 5 View Figures 5–7 , 7 View Figures 5–7 ); lamellar lateral margins subparallel, apex rounded, chalazae on margins only; lateral scoli absent. Abdominal segment IX. Relative dorsal length subequal to combined lengths of segments VII and VIII; dorsal structures before apex consisting of irregular chalazae; ventral extension subequal to dorsal extension.