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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Coreoidea » Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae) » Coreinae » Anisoscelini » Leptoglossus

Genus Leptoglossus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Leaf-footed Bug - Leptoglossus fulvicornis

Western conifer seed bug from New Brunswick - Leptoglossus occidentalis

Leaf-footed Pine Seed Bug ??? - Leptoglossus corculus

Signs of Autumn - Leptoglossus occidentalis

BG3143 F0153h - Leptoglossus zonatus - male

colorful and glittery bug is missing hind leg - Leptoglossus occidentalis

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

Tribe Anisoscelini

Genus Leptoglossus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Leptoglossus Guérin-Méneville, 1831

Explanation of Names

From Greek lepto 'thin' + glossus 'tongue'

Numbers

11 spp. north of Mexico(1)

FL, with 9 spp., has the richest fauna

4 spp. in NC (2)

Size

circa 15-20 mm body length

Identification

Large coreids with expanded leaf-like hind tibiae, usually brown with transverse white markings across hemelytra

Key to spp.: McPherson et al. 1990 (3)

Range

Much of North America (3)

L. ashmeadi: FL to MS

L. brevirostris: TX to CA

L. clypealis: c. and sw. US to IA

L. concolor: FL

L. corculus: NY to FL to MO to TX

L. fulvicornis: MA and NY to FL to TX

L. gonagra: Gulf States

L. occidentalis: BC & AB to CA and TX, rapidly expanding to the Atlantic states

L. oppositus: NY-FL-AZ-MN

L. phyllopus: NY south to FL, west to IA and KS, southwest to TX and CA

L. zonatus: sw. US; reported in FL

See Also

Acanthocephala, which generally has a longer and narrower expansion of the hind tibia.

Narnia, which has a more fuzzy appearance and narrower hind tibia, yellowish pronotum.

Print References

Baranowski & Slater 1986(4)

Internet References

Leptoglossus info, by Steve Taylor

University of Florida. PDF document

University of Florida

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

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

3.	Eastern range extension of Leptoglossus occidentalis with a key to Leptoglossus species of America north of Mexico By J. E. McPherson et al.

4.	Coreidae of Florida (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) By Richard M. Baranowski and James A. Slater. 1986.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Ron M., v belov
Last updated 16 October, 2011 - 8:12am

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