Leptocoris

Leptocoris is the largest genus of the soapberry bug subfamily. The 41 species of this genus are distributed throughout Africa, South Asia, and Oceania and are thought to have originated in Africa, where the greatest diversity of Leptocoris species are found.[1][2] Members of this genus are large-bodied and have short, wide pronota; they are similar in appearance to the New World genus Jadera (of which there is no range overlap). Leptocoris species can be easily distinguished from the small, slender Boisea (of which there is substantial range overlap). The Australian Leptocoris tagalicus has been studied for its ability to rapidly adapt to invasive hosts (e.g. balloon vine) and is seen as a possible means of biocontrol for environmental weeds.[3][4] The southeast Asian species Leptocoris vicinus is common in urban settings, although it is frequently misidentified as Leptocoris augur.

Leptocoris
Leptocoris rufomarginatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Rhopalidae
Subfamily:
Serinethinae
Genus:
Leptocoris

Hahn, 1833

Species
  • Leptocoris abdominalis
  • Leptocoris aethiops
  • Leptocoris affinis
  • Leptocoris albisoleatus
  • Leptocoris amictus
  • Leptocoris augur
  • Leptocoris bahram
  • Leptocoris capitis
  • Leptocoris chevreuxi
  • Leptocoris cinnamomensis
  • Leptocoris corniculatus
  • Leptocoris coxalis
  • Leptocoris dispar
  • Leptocoris fuscus
  • Leptocoris griseiventris
  • Leptocoris hexophthalmus
  • Leptocoris insularis
  • Leptocoris intermedia
  • Leptocoris isolatus
  • Leptocoris lanuginosa
  • Leptocoris lata
  • Leptocoris longiusculus
  • Leptocoris marquesensis
  • Leptocoris minusculus
  • Leptocoris mitellatus
  • Leptocoris mutilatus
  • Leptocoris nigrofasciatus
  • Leptocoris obscura
  • Leptocoris paramictus
  • Leptocoris pectoralis
  • Leptocoris productus
  • Leptocoris rufomarginatus
  • Leptocoris seidenstueckeri
  • Leptocoris stehliki
  • Leptocoris subrufescens
  • Leptocoris tagalicus
  • Leptocoris teyrovskyi
  • Leptocoris toricollis
  • Leptocoris ursulae
  • Leptocoris verticalis
  • Leptocoris vicinus
  • Leptocoris wagneri

References
Wikispecies has information related to Leptocoris.
  1. Göllner-Scheiding, U. (1983): General-Katalog der Familie Rhopalidae (Heteroptera). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 59, 37-189.
  2. Göllner-Scheiding, U. (1980): Revision der afrikanischen Arten sowie Bemerkungen zu weiteren Arten der Gattungen Leptocoris Hahn, 1833, und Boisea Kirkaldy, 1910. Dtsch. ent. Z., N.F. 27, 103-148.
  3. Carroll, S.P., Loye, J.E., Dingle, H, et al. (2005): Ecology of Leptocoris Hahn (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) soapberry bugs in Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology, 44, 344.
  4. Carroll, S.P., Loye, J.E., Dingle, H., et al. (2005): And the beak shall inherit - evolution in response to invasion. Ecology Letters, 8, 944-951.


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