Species Acanthocephala femorata

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Superfamily Coreoidea

Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)

Subfamily Coreinae

Genus Acanthocephala

Species femorata (Acanthocephala femorata)

Other Common Names

Florida Leaf-footed Bug

Explanation of Names

Acanthocephala femorata (Fabricius 1775)

Size

25-28 mm

Identification

Antennae uniformly colored, dull reddish or orangish; flange on hind tibia gently tapering distally; male hind femur greatly swollen and bearing a large spike; female hind femur slender and bearing several small spikes.

Range

se. US (NC-FL to OK-TX)(1)

Habitat

Usually found on brush and small trees in forests, woodlands, and old fields.

Season

Spring-fall in NC(2)

Life Cycle

Orange, elongated eggs are cemented to leaves. One or two generations per year (more in so. FL)

See Also

A. terminalis does not have uniformly reddish antennae (the basal three segments of their antennae are dark, and the apical segment is bright orangish)

A. declivis does not have a gently tapered flange on the hind tibia (its flange is bluntly truncated distally), and its humeral angles are greatly expanded.

Works Cited

1.	Review of Acanthocephala (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) of America north of Mexico with a key to species By J.E. McPherson, R.J. Packauskas, R.W. Sites, S.J. Taylor, C.S. Bundy, J.D. Bradshaw, and P.L. Mitchell

2.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 1 May, 2005 - 2:47am
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Last updated 30 July, 2011 - 9:56am

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