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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) » Jadera

Genus Jadera

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Red Shouldered Bugs Mating in January - Jadera haematoloma

Female, Jadera haematoloma? - Jadera haematoloma - female

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 Jadera

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Carroll (2010)(1) lists both J. antica (Walker) and J. sanguinolenta (Fabricius) from southern Florida and southward, however true sanguinolenta occurs in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, but not in the continental US (Henry & Froeschner 1988, Mead & Fasulo 2007, Gollner-Scheiding 1979)

Carroll (2010)(1) uses Jadera bayardae Gollner-Scheiding 1982, but Henry & Froeschner (1988)(2) considers this taxon to be an unnecessary new name for J. hinnulea Gollner-Scheiding 1979

Explanation of Names

Jadera Stål 1862

Numbers

4 spp. in our area(1)(2) (NB: J. sanguinolenta record probably based on misidentified J. antica)

Size

7-13 mm (extralimital members up to 18 mm)(1)

Identification

color pattern distinctive among NA rhopalids

Range

data from(1)(2)

J. haematoloma widespread, US (CA-FL-NJ-NE) to S. America, W. Indies (+BG data)

J. antica - FL, W. Indies

J. coturnix - TX to S. America

J. hinnulea (as bayardae in(1)) - TX to Panama

Habitat

Subtropical edges (esp. FL), other areas with hostplants

Season

Summer, on hostplant, adults overwinter (often in buildings); all year in FL

Food

hosts: mostly Sapindaceae, incl. the introduced Golden Raintree (Koelreuteria)

Life Cycle

Adults overwinter

Print References

Gollner-Scheiding U. (1979) Die Gattung Jadera Stål, 1862 (Heteroptera, Rhopalidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 26: 47-75.

Internet References

Overview of Florida spp.[Cite:185010]

Works Cited

1.	Soapberry bugs of the world (Rhopalidae: Serinethinae), by S. Carroll & C. Perreira

2.	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 Cotinis on 3 May, 2004 - 10:13am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 November, 2012 - 11:28am

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