Leptocoris toricollis (Bergroth 1893)
Range: Seychelles Islands
Host: Allophylus pervillei
Physical description: Reddish brown with yellowish red head. Center line of pronotum is fairly flat and does not run through the full length of the pronotum. Scutellum is brownish red with red tip. Hemelytra are red or reddish brown; if reddish brown, the sides are red. Ventral side is yellowish red and the anterior abdominal segments are darker in color. Membrane and appendages are dark.
May resemble: L. amictus rubra
Distribution
Red markers = locations of collection sites
Blue region(s) of land = inferred range
3/4 inch = 500 miles
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References
- 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.