''Leptoglossus'' is a genus of
true bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from to aroun ...
in the
leaf-footed bug family and the
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
Anisoscelini. Species are distributed throughout the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
, with some records in eastern & southern Asia and Europe (mostly introductions). Several species are economic pests of agricultural crops. Like members of some other genera in the family, these bugs have leaflike dilations of the
hind tibia. Several species are of economic importance, and one species, ''L. chilensis'', has been reported to bite humans.
Species
The current list of described species and subspecies includes:
[Schaefer, C. W., R. J. Packauskas, and K. Bu. 2008. A new species of ''Leptoglossus'' (Hemiptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini) from Brazil. ''Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington'' 110(1): 61-66.]
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Leptoglossus absconditus''
Brailovsky & Barrera
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Leptoglossus alatus'' (
Walker)
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Leptoglossus arenalensis''
Brailovsky & Barrera
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Leptoglossus ashmeadi'' Heidemann
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Leptoglossus balteatus
''Leptoglossus'' is a genus of Hemiptera, true bugs in the Coreidae, leaf-footed bug family and the Tribe (biology), tribe Anisoscelini. Species are distributed throughout the Americas, with some records in eastern & southern Asia and Europe (mos ...
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Linnaeus)
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Leptoglossus brevirostris
''Leptoglossus brevirostris'' is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
References
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Leptoglossus caicosensis''
Brailovsky & Barrera
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Leptoglossus cartogoensis''
Brailovsky & Barrera
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Leptoglossus chilensis chilensis
''Leptoglossus'' is a genus of true bugs in the leaf-footed bug family and the tribe Anisoscelini. Species are distributed throughout the Americas, with some records in eastern & southern Asia and Europe (mostly introductions). Several species ...
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Leptoglossus chilensis concaviusculus
''Leptoglossus'' is a genus of true bugs in the leaf-footed bug family and the tribe Anisoscelini. Species are distributed throughout the Americas, with some records in eastern & southern Asia and Europe (mostly introductions). Several species ...
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Leptoglossus cinctus
''Leptoglossus'' is a genus of true bugs in the leaf-footed bug family and the tribe Anisoscelini. Species are distributed throughout the Americas, with some records in eastern & southern Asia and Europe (mostly introductions). Several species ...
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Leptoglossus clypealis
''Leptoglossus clypealis'', the western leaf-footed bug, is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in Central America and North America. In the 1980s, Hasan Bolkan discovered that the leaf-footed bug was a cause of lesi ...
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Leptoglossus concolor
''Leptoglossus concolor'' is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Ze ...
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Walker)
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Leptoglossus confusus
''Leptoglossus'' is a genus of true bugs in the leaf-footed bug family and the tribe Anisoscelini. Species are distributed throughout the Americas, with some records in eastern & southern Asia and Europe (mostly introductions). Several species ...
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*''Leptoglossus conspersus'' Carl Stål, Stål
*''Leptoglossus corculus'' (Thomas Say, Say)
*''Leptoglossus crassicornus'' (William Dallas, Dallas)
*''Leptoglossus crestalis''
Brailovsky & Barrera
*''Leptoglossus dearmasi'' Alayo & Grillo
*''Leptoglossus dentatus'' Berg
*''Leptoglossus dialeptus''
Brailovsky & Barrera
*''Leptoglossus digitiformis''
Brailovsky & Barrera
*''Leptoglossus dilaticollis'' Guérin-Méneville - type species (Central & South America)
*''Leptoglossus egeri''
Brailovsky
*''Leptoglossus fasciatus'' (John O. Westwood, Westwood)
*''Leptoglossus fasciolatus'' (Carl Stål, Stål)
*''Leptoglossus flavosignatus'' Hendrik Coenraad Blöte, Blöte
*''Leptoglossus frankei''
Brailovsky
*''Leptoglossus fulvicornis'' (John O. Westwood, Westwood)
*''Leptoglossus gonagra'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius)
*''Leptoglossus grenadensis'' Allen
*''Leptoglossus harpagon'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius)
*''Leptoglossus hesperus''
Brailovsky & Couturier
*''Leptoglossus humeralis'' Allen
*''Leptoglossus impensus''
Brailovsky
*''Leptoglossus impictipennis'' Carl Stål, Stål
*''Leptoglossus impictus'' (Carl Stål, Stål)
*''Leptoglossus ingens'' (Mayr)
*''Leptoglossus jacquelinae''
Brailovsky
*''Leptoglossus katiae'' Schaefer & Packauskas
*''Leptoglossus lambayaquinus''
Brailovsky & Barrera
*''Leptoglossus lineosus'' (Carl Stål, Stål)
*''Leptoglossus lonchoides'' Allen
*''Leptoglossus macrophyllus'' Carl Stål, Stål
*''Leptoglossus manausensis''
Brailovsky & Barrera
*''Leptoglossus neovexillatus'' Allen
*''Leptoglossus nigropearlei'' Yonke
*''Western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis'' Heidemann
*''Leptoglossus oppositus'' (Thomas Say, Say)
*''Leptoglossus pallidivenosus'' Allen
*''Leptoglossus phyllopus'' (
Linnaeus)
*''Leptoglossus polychromus''
Brailovsky
*''Leptoglossus quadricollis'' (John O. Westwood, Westwood)
*''Leptoglossus rubrescens'' (
Walker)
*''Leptoglossus sabanensis''
Brailovsky & Barrera
*''Leptoglossus stigma'' (Herbst)
*''Leptoglossus subauratus'' William Lucas Distant, Distant
*''Leptoglossus talamancanus''
Brailovsky & Barrera
*''Leptoglossus tetranotatus''
Brailovsky & Barrera
*''Leptoglossus usingeri'' Yonke
*''Leptoglossus venustus'' Alayo & Grillo
*''Leptoglossus zonatus'' (Dallas)
References
External links
*Gibson, E. H. 1917
Key to the species of ''Leptoglossus'' Guer. occurring north of Mexico (Heteroptera: Coreidae)''Psyche'' 24: 69–72.
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Coreidae genera
Taxa named by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
Anisoscelidini