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Species Nisoscolopocerus apiculatus

Leaffooted Bug (Coreidae) - Nisoscolopocerus apiculatus

Nisoscolopocerus apiculatus? - Nisoscolopocerus apiculatus

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 Hypselonotini

Genus Nisoscolopocerus

Species apiculatus (Nisoscolopocerus apiculatus)

Explanation of Names

Nisoscolopocerus apiculatus Barber 1928

Size

~10 mm

Identification

body mottled gray, pear-shaped (abdomen expanded, head and thorax narrow); wings short in adult, barely covering anterior portion of abdomen; antennae apparently 3-segmented, bent laterally almost 90 degrees after first segment; terminal segment spindle-shaped

Range

w. Canada (AB-MB) to Mex. Map (1)(2)

records from NM, NE, CO, AB(3)

Habitat

on the ground in dry fields and savannahs

See Also

some Aradidae have similar body shape, e.g.

Works Cited

1.	Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 September, 2007 - 10:56pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 20 June, 2023 - 2:07pm

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