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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) » Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae) » Coreinae

Subfamily Coreinae

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
leaf-footed bug - Acanthocephala terminalis L. phyllopus - Leptoglossus phyllopus Leaf-footed Bug - Leptoglossus phyllopus Giant Mesquite Bug? - Thasus neocalifornicus coreid - Leptoglossus occidentalis Leptoglossus ashmeadi in Brandon, MS - Leptoglossus ashmeadi Giant Mesquite Bug nymph - Thasus neocalifornicus Nymphs, Thasus neocalifornicus? - Thasus neocalifornicus
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
Numbers
by far the largest subfamily(1)
Identification
Upper surface not thickly beset with small setae-bearing granules. First antennal segment rarely shorter than head length. Hind coxae widely separated. Apex of hind tibiae without a projecting spine. Hind femora rarely curved and strongly clavate. Head much narrow and shorter than pronotum. Bucculae reaching behind insertion of antennae. Length usually 10 mm or more.
Works Cited
1.Biodiversity of the Heteroptera
Henry T.J. 2009. In: Foottit R.G., Adler P.H., eds. Insect biodiversity: Science and society. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 223-263.
Contributed by v belov on 18 April, 2011 - 2:22pm
Additional contributions by Arturo Santos
Last updated 6 December, 2020 - 9:50pm

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