Leptocoris seidenstueckeri (Göllner-Scheiding 1980)
L. seidenstueckeri adults. Dried specimens from the London Museum.
Range: Zanzibar, Ghana, Central Africa
Host: Paullinia pinatta (Bread and Cheese)
Physical description: About 11 to 15 mm in length. Dorsal side and head are mostly red; membrane, sides of pronotum, and sides of corium are dark brown. Elevated center line passes through entire length of pronotum.
May resemble: L. stehliki
Distribution
Leptocoris seidenstueckeri has been found in the Tanzania and Ghana. Currently we cannot infer a range for this species because we do not know what host plant it uses and have only two recorded collection points.
Red markers = locations of collection sites
3/4 inch = 1000 miles
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References
- Carrol SP, Loye JE, Dingle H, et al. (2005) Ecology of Leptocoris Hahn (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) soapberry bugs in Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology, 44, 344-353.
- Göllner-Scheiding, U. (1980): Revision der afrikanischen Arten sowie Bemerkungen zu weiteren Arten der Gattungen Leptocoris Hahn, 1833, und Boisea Kirkaldy, 1910. Dtsch. ent. Z., N.F. 27, 103-148. (English translation)
- Göllner-Scheiding, U. (1983): General-Katalog der Familie Rhopalidae (Heteroptera). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 59, 37-189.