Genus Ambotingis Drake and Ruhoff 1960

Type Species: Monanthia senta Drake and Hambleton, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Ambotingis can be separated from all other allied tingid genera by the combination of the following characters: Costal area of the hemelytra broadly expanded, with pentagonal to triangular cells. Pronotum strongly convex and punctate, but obscured by the greatly reflexed paranota. Each paranota exhibits two linear cariniform processes. Ostiolar peritremes absent.

Geographic distribution. Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru