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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae) » Soapberry Bugs (Serinethinae) » Boisea

Genus Boisea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Heteroptera, very common springtime - Boisea trivittata - male - female Eastern Boxelder Bug - Boisea trivittata Eastern Boxelder Bugs - Boisea trivittata Eastern Boxelder Bugs - Boisea trivittata Western Box Elder Bug - Boisea rubrolineata Boisea trivittata Female, Eastern Boxelder Bug? - Boisea trivittata - male Eastern Boxelder Bug - Boisea trivittata
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 Rhopalidae (Scentless Plant Bugs)
Subfamily Serinethinae (Soapberry Bugs)
Genus Boisea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
sometimes treated as a synonym of Leptocoris
Explanation of Names
Boisea Kirkaldy 1910
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 4 total(1)
Range
NA (widespread), Africa, India(1)
See Also
Melacoryphus spp. have similar coloration
Works Cited
1.Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 May, 2004 - 9:48am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 2 October, 2019 - 9:10pm

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