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Genus Jadera

Bugs on Japanese Yew and other plants - Jadera haematoloma Rhopalidae, Boxelder bug? - Jadera haematoloma - male - female Red-shouldered Bug - Jadera haematoloma Heteroptera nymph - Jadera haematoloma Small red and black bug at multiple instars in Carrollton, Georgia - Jadera haematoloma Jadera Jadera Jadera haematoloma? - Jadera haematoloma
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
in (1), Jadera bayardae Göllner-Scheiding 1982 is considered to be an unnecessary new name for J. hinnulea Göllner-Scheiding 1979
Explanation of Names
Jadera Stål 1862
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(2)(1) (J. sanguinolenta record probably based on misidentified J. antica)
Size
7‒13 mm (extralimital spp. up to 18 mm)(2)
Identification
color pattern distinctive among NA rhopalids
keys to spp. in (3)(4)
Range
our spp., adapted from (2)(1)
J. haematoloma US (NJ‒FL to NE‒CA) to S. America, W. Indies
J. antica FL, W. Indies
J. coturnix TX to S. America
J. hinnulea (as bayardae in(2)) TX to Panama
Season
adults overwinter (often in buildings); all year in FL
Food
hosts: mostly Sapindaceae, incl. the introduced Golden Raintree (Koelreuteria)
Life Cycle
Adults overwinter
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