Leptocorisa

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Leptocorisa
Leptocorisa oratoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Alydidae
Subfamily: Micrelytrinae
Tribe: Leptocorisini
Genus: Leptocorisa
Latreille, 1829
Synonyms
  • Leptocoris Germar, 1829
  • Leptocorixa Berthold, 1827
  • Rhabdocoris Kolenati, 1845
Leptocorisa

Leptocorisa[1] is a genus of broad-headed bugs in the family Alydidae. 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.[2][3]

Species

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These 17 species belong to the genus Leptocorisa:

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Leptocorisa". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. ^ Webb, Nick; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Leptocorisa Latreille, 1829". Coreoidea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

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  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2006). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-9071912283.