Species Leptoglossus fulvicornis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Works Cited

Suspect nymphs to be Leptoglossus fulvicornis - Leptoglossus fulvicornis

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Leptoglossus sp. - Leptoglossus fulvicornis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

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

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Superfamily Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)

Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)

Subfamily Coreinae

Tribe Anisoscelini

Genus Leptoglossus

Species fulvicornis (Leptoglossus fulvicornis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Leptoglossus magnoliae Heidemann 1910

Explanation of Names

Leptoglossus fulvicornis (Westwood 1842)

Identification

Hemielytra lacking a transverse fascia. Humeral area of pronotum strongly expanded and flared outward and upward, bearing coarse obtuse teeth anterior and posterior to humeral angles. Head nearly uniformly brown, lacking alternating dark and light stripes. Tibial dilations relatively slender; outer dilation with shallow scalloping. Can be mistaken for oppositus because of the absence of a transverse humeral fascia, but is readily recognizable by the flaring, dentate pronotal margins, uniformly brown head, and much less deeply scalloped outer hind tibial dilation.(1)

Range

*ON-NY-FL to MO-TX (northern records need verification)(1)(*BG data)

Food

Magnolia fruit(1)

Life Cycle

1. Eggs. 2. Eggs and newly born nymphs. 3. Early instar nymph. 4. Later instar nymph. 5. Adult

See Also

L. oppositus has no teeth on pronotum and deeper scallops on hind tibiae

Works Cited

1.	Coreidae of Florida (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Baranowski, R.M. and J.A. Slater. 1986. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas. Vol. 12, no. 630. viii + 82 pp.

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 10 June, 2006 - 1:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 4 July, 2019 - 9:52pm

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