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Serinethinae
Serinethinae is a subfamily of the hemipteran family Rhopalidae, sometimes known as soapberry bugs. 2007 Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, December 9–12, 2007. They are brightly colored seed-eaters, comprising three and about sixty-five . These bugs are specialists on plants in the soapberry family (), which includes s, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serinethinae
Serinethinae is a subfamily of the hemipteran family Rhopalidae, sometimes known as soapberry bugs. 2007 Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, December 9–12, 2007. They are brightly colored seed-eaters, comprising three and about sixty-five . These bugs are specialists on plants in the soapberry family (), which includes s, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptocoris
''Leptocoris'' is the largest genus of the soapberry bug subfamily. The 41 species of this genus are distributed throughout Africa, South Asia, and Oceania and are thought to have originated in Africa, where the greatest diversity of ''Leptocoris'' species are found. Members of this genus are large-bodied and have short, wide pronota; they are similar in appearance to the New World genus ''Jadera'' (of which there is no range overlap). ''Leptocoris'' species can be easily distinguished from the small, slender ''Boisea ''Boisea'' is the least speciose genus of the soapberry bug subfamily. Members of this genus are found in North America, India, and Africa. Unlike other serinethine genera, the distribution of ''Boisea'' is very patchy; it is speculated that it ...'' (of which there is substantial range overlap). The Australian '' Leptocoris tagalicus'' has been studied for its ability to rapidly adapt to invasive hosts (e.g. balloon vine) and is seen as a possible means of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadera
''Jadera'' is a genus of true bugs in the soapberry bug subfamily. Members of this genus are only found in the Americas (from southern Canada through Argentina).Göllner-Scheiding, U. (1983): General-Katalog der Familie Rhopalidae (Heteroptera). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 59, 37-189. Species These 19 species belong to the genus ''Jadera'': * '' Jadera antica'' (Walker, 1872) * '' Jadera bayardae'' * ''Jadera choprai'' Göllner-Scheiding, 1979 * '' Jadera coturnix'' (Burmeister, 1835) * ''Jadera decipiens'' Göllner-Scheiding, 1979 * ''Jadera diaphona'' Göllner-Scheiding, 1982 * ''Jadera golbachi'' Göllner-Scheiding, 1979 * '' Jadera haematoloma'' (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1847) (red-shouldered bug) * ''Jadera harrisi'' Göllner-Scheiding, 1979 * '' Jadera hinnulea'' Göllner-Scheiding, 1979 * ''Jadera obscura'' (Westwood, 1842) * ''Jadera parapectoralis'' Göllner-Scheiding, 1979 * '' Jadera pectoralis'' Stal, 1862 * ''Jadera peruviana'' Göllner-Scheiding, 1982 * ''Jadera pyrrholo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhopalidae
Rhopalidae, or scentless plant bugs, are a family of true bugs. In older literature, the family is sometimes called "Corizidae". They differ from the related coreids in lacking well-developed scent glands. They are usually light-colored and smaller than the coreids. Some are very similar to the orsilline lygaeids, but can be distinguished by the numerous veins in the membrane of the hemelytra. They live principally on weeds, but a few (including the boxelder bug) are arboreal. All are plant feeders. The type genus for the family is: ''Rhopalus''. Currently 30 genera and over 240 species of rhopalids are known. The oldest fossil rhopalids described are from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, discovered from the Haifanggou Formation The Haifanggou Formation (), also known as the Jiulongshan Formation (), is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located near Daohugou () village of Ningcheng County, in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China. The formation consists of coarse conglo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadera Haematoloma
''Jadera haematoloma'', the red-shouldered bug, goldenrain-tree bug or soapberry bug is a species of true bug that lives throughout the United States and south to northern South America.Mead FW, Fasulo TRScentless plant bugs, ''Jadera'' spp.''Featured Creatures''. July 2007. Last accessed 2008-08-08 It feeds on seeds within the soapberry plant family, Sapindaceae, and is known to rapidly adapt to feeding on particular hosts. The species is often confused with boxelder bugs and lovebugs. Description ''J. haematoloma'' are typically long and wide, though the short-winged form (brachyptera) usually is long. Color is mostly blackish (sometimes, bluish grey, or purplish, or bright red immediately after molting) except for red eyes, "shoulders" (lateral margins of pronotum), and costal margins and dorsal part of abdomen. Nymphs are mostly red with a black pronotum and wingpads. All appendages are blackish. Distribution For most of the twentieth century, little was known about th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boisea Trivittata
The boxelder bug (''Boisea trivittata'') is a North American species of true bug. It is found primarily on boxelder trees, as well as maple and ash trees.Boxelder Bugs University of Minnesota Extension The adults are about long with a dark brown or black coloration, relieved by red wing veins and markings on the abdomen; are bright red. In 2020, this species invaded Chile, thus becoming an . Etymology Trivittata is from the Latin ''tri'' (three) + ''vittata'' (banded).Biology and taxonomy Boxelder b ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boisea
''Boisea'' is the least speciose genus of the soapberry bug subfamily. Members of this genus are found in North America, India, and Africa. Unlike other serinethine genera, the distribution of ''Boisea'' is very patchy; it is speculated that its highly vicariant range is relictual of what was previously a much vaster, continuous range. The most well-known species of this genus are the North American boxelder bugs (western ''Boisea rubrolineata'' and eastern ''Boisea trivittata'') and African ''Boisea fulcrata''. The US species mainly feed on the seeds of maple ''Acer'' () is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the family Sapindaceae.Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 nd more or less continuously updated since http ... trees and are occasional nuisance pests around homes. In North America, ''Boisea trivittata'' is native to most of the continental United States, excluding California. ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evolution
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation tends to exist within any given population as a result of genetic mutation and recombination. Evolution occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection (including sexual selection) and genetic drift act on this variation, resulting in certain characteristics becoming more common or more rare within a population. The evolutionary pressures that determine whether a characteristic is common or rare within a population constantly change, resulting in a change in heritable characteristics arising over successive generations. It is this process of evolution that has given rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms, and molecules. The theory of evolution by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area.Sayre, April Pulley (1999), ''Africa'', Twenty-First Century Books. . With billion people as of , it accounts for about of the world's human population. Africa's population is the youngest amongst all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. Despite a wide range of natural resources, Africa is the least wealthy continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, behind Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including geography, climate, tribalism, colonialism, the Cold War, neocolonialism, lack of democracy, and corruption. Despite this low concentration of wealth, recent economic expansion and the large and young population make Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area of , about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilizations. Its 4.7 billion people constitute roughly 60% of the world's population. In general terms, Asia is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. The border of Asia with Europe is a historical and cultural construct, as there is no clear physical and geographical separation between them. It is somewhat arbitrary and has moved since its first conception in classical antiquity. The division of Eurasia into two continents reflects East–West cultural, linguistic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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