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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 » Anisoscelini » Chondrocera

Genus Chondrocera

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
What the heck?! - Chondrocera laticornis Leaf Footed Bug - Chondrocera laticornis Chondrocera laticornis Leaf-footed Bug (Coreidae) - Chondrocera laticornis Unknown Leaf Foot? - Chondrocera laticornis Possible Flag-footed Bug. - Chondrocera laticornis Possible Flag-footed Bug. - Chondrocera laticornis Chondrocera laticornis
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
Tribe Anisoscelini
Genus Chondrocera
Explanation of Names
Chondrocera Laporte 1832
Numbers
A single species in our area, 2 spp. total(1)
Identification
Resembles Leptoglossus in having strongly expanded and flattened posterior tibiae and a non-declivent head that extends forward beyond the bases of the antennae. Readily distinguished by the prominently expanded and flattened first three antennal segments.(2)
Range
FL & West Indies(2)(1)
Works Cited
1.Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0
2.Coreidae of Florida (Hemiptera, Heteroptera).
Baranowski, R.M. and J.A. Slater. 1986. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas. Vol. 12, no. 630. viii + 82 pp.
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 30 September, 2006 - 10:48am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 16 October, 2013 - 10:23am

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