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Species Jadera coturnix

Jadera coturnix (Burmeister) - Jadera coturnix

Jadera coturnix or J.haematoloma? - Jadera coturnix

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

Species coturnix (Jadera coturnix)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Jadera coturnix (Burmeister)

Orig. Comb: Leptocoris coturnix Burmeister 1835

Explanation of Names

coturnix = 'quail'

Numbers

2 sspp. in this genus, of which J. c. coturnix ranges into our area(1)

Size

8-13 mm(1)

Identification

live images of adults and nymphs(1)

See diagram from Soapberry Bugs of the World illustrating placement of ocelli relative to compound eyes.

In coturnix ocelli are more than one ocellar diameter from the edge of compound eyes;

in hinnulea (bayardae) a bit less than that. Shown well in these images of coturnix:

Range

c. TX to Argentina - Map (1)(2)(3)

Food

Hosts: Cardiospermum grandiflorum, Paullinia spp., Serjania spp., Thinouia myriantha(1)

See Also

J. hinnulea(2) (=J. bayardae) has ocelli much further apart (1)

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Works Cited

1.	Carroll S., Perreira C. (2014) Soapberry bugs of the world (Rhopalidae: Serinethinae)

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.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 18 March, 2012 - 4:35am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn
Last updated 12 June, 2023 - 11:43am

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