''Leptocorisa''
[Latreille PA (1829) ''Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Déterville, Paris.'' Vol. t.5 (1829): i-xxiv; 1-556.] is a genus of broad-headed bugs in the family
Alydidae
Alydidae, commonly known as broad-headed bugs, is a family of true bugs very similar to the closely related Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs and relatives). There are at least 60 genera and 300 species altogether. Distributed in the temperate and war ...
. There are about 17 described species in ''Leptocorisa'', some of which are known as "rice bugs" or ''gundhi bugs'' (in India); they are found in south and east Asia and in
Oceania
Oceania (, , ) is a geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of and a population of around 44.5 million ...
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Species
These 17 species belong to the genus ''Leptocorisa'':
* ''Leptocorisa acuta
''Leptocorisa acuta'',Thunberg CP (1783) ''Dissertatio entomologica novas insectorum species, sistens, cujus partem secundum, Edman, Upsaliae'' 2: 29-52. the paddy earhead bug, is a species of bug recorded from northern Australia, Malesia and T ...
'' (Thunberg, 1783)
* '' Leptocorisa ayamaruensis'' Van Doesburg & Siwi, 1983
* '' Leptocorisa biguttata'' Walker, 1871
* '' Leptocorisa bipunctata'' Costa, 1863
* '' Leptocorisa chinensis'' Dallas, 1852
* '' Leptocorisa costalis'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
* '' Leptocorisa discoidalis'' Walker, 1871
* '' Leptocorisa lepida'' Breddin, 1909
* '' Leptocorisa luzonensis'' Ahmad, 1965
* '' Leptocorisa luzonica'' Ahmad, 1965
* '' Leptocorisa oratoria'' (Fabricius, 1794)
* '' Leptocorisa palawanensis'' Ahmad, 1965
* '' Leptocorisa pseudolepida'' Ahmad, 1965
* '' Leptocorisa sakdapolrakae'' Ahmad, 1965
* '' Leptocorisa solomonensis'' Ahmad, 1965
* '' Leptocorisa tagalica'' Ahmad, 1965
* '' Leptocorisa timorensis'' Van Doesburg & Siwi, 1983
References
Further reading
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Alydidae
Hemiptera of Asia