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Boisea coimbatorensis
Range: Southern India Hosts: Sapindus trifoliatus (Soapnut or Reetha) and other Sapindus species (Soapberry) Physical description: About 10 to 15 mm in length. Reddish or reddish ochre dorsal side with brownish black membrane. Pronotum similar in shape to L. 

Boisea fulcrata
Range: East and South Africa Hosts: Acer buergerianum (Trident Maple), Blighia unijugata (Ackee or Triangle Tops), and Pappea capensis (Jacket Plum) Physical description: About 8 to 12 mm in length. Dorsal side is brownish black with orange margins... 

Boisea rubrolineata
Range: Western United States and Southwest Canada Hosts: Acer grandifolium (Bigleaf Maple), Acer negundo (Box Elder or Maple Ash), Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple, River Maple, or Soft Maple, Koelreuteria paniculata (Goldenrain... 

Boisea trivittata
Range: Southern Canada, Eastern United States, Mexico, and Guatemala Hosts: Acer grandidentatum (Bigtooth Maple), Acer negundo (Box Elder or Maple Ash), Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple, River Maple, or Soft Maple), Acer buergerianum (Trident Maple), and... 

Jadera aeola
See Jadera coturnix  

Jadera antica
Range: Florida and Caribbean Hosts: Cardiospermum corindum (Faux Persil) and Koelreuteria elegans (Chinese Rain Tree) Physical description: About 7 to 10 mm in length. Typically reddish brown with red scutellum and partially red pronotum. Ventral side is... 

Jadera hinnulea (bayardae)
Range: Texas, Mexico, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, and Colombia Host: Serjania brachycarpa (Littlefruit Slipplejack) Physical description: About 8 to 12 mm in length. Brown to gray dorsal side with red on lateral margins of pronotum. Ventral side of thorax is brown to... 

Jadera choprai
Range: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay Host: Cardiospermum corindum (Faux Persil) and Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum (Balloon Vine or Heartseed) Physical description: About 8 to 12 mm in length. Ochreous orange dorsal side... 

Jadera coturnix
Range: Texas and Mexico to Argentina Hosts: Cardiospermum grandiflorum (Showy Balloonvine or Showy Heartseed), Paullinia sessiliflora, Paullinia turbacensis (Paullinia), Serjania decaplueria, Serjania mexicana (both Serjania... 

Jadera decipiens
Range: Argentina, Brazil, Curacao, and Caribbean Physical description: About 7 to 9 mm in length. Light brown or brownish orange dorsal side with delicate dark spotting and dark brown membrane. Head is reddish orange (may be almost black in darker specimens) and darkly spotted. 

Jadera diaphona
Range: Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama Hosts: Cardiospermum grandiflorum Physical description: About 8 to 12 mm in length. Dorsal side is blackish brown except for sides of head and pronotum, which are reddish orange. Sides of pronotum are slightly rounded. 

Jadera golbachi
Range: Argentina, Bolivia, and Ecuador Physical description: About 7 to 10 mm in length. Dorsal side is brown and head is red with dark spots. Sides of pronotum are bulged slightly outward. Scutellum is reddish orange. Ventral side is yellowish orange and appendages are... 

Jadera haematoloma
Range: United States, Hawaii, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America to Columbia and Venezuela Hosts: Cardiospermum corindum (Faux Persil), Cardiospermum grandiflorum (Showy Balloonvine, Showy Heartseed, or Love in a Puff), Cardiospermum halicacabum var. 

Jadera harrisi
Range: Bolivia, Brazil Physical description: About 9 to 11 mm in length. Light brown or ochre dorsal side with reddish orange head and light brown membrane. Scutellum is brownish orange. Ventral side is reddish. Appendages are ochre in... 

Jadera obscura
Range: Mexico through Argentina, Peru Hosts: Cardiospermum grandiflorum (Showy Balloonvine or Showy Heartseed), Paullinia turbacensis (Paullinia), Serjania decaplueria, Serjania mexicana (both Serjania Vine), Thinouia myriantha (Thinouia... 

Jadera parapectoralis
Range: Argentina, Brazil Physical description: About 9 to 12 mm in length. Black dorsal side with reddish brown head; sides of pronotum are red. Scutellum is dark with a reddish center line and tip. Ventral side is brownish black overall but the posterior ends of the abdominal... 

Jadera pectoralis
Range: Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay Host: Allophylus edulis (False Currant or Chal Chal) Physical description: About 9 to 12 mm in length. Brownish black dorsal side with yellowish orange head and similarly colored, but more reddish, sides of the pronotum. Hemelytra have... 

Jadera peruviana
Range: Peru Physical description: Brown dorsal side with a reddish brown head and red sides of the pronotum. Ventral side is yellowish red with dark spots. Appendages are brown. Rostrum is brownish yellow and extends past the posterior coxae. 

Jadera pyrrholoma
Range: Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador Physical description: About 14 to 18 mm in length; largest species of the genus Jadera. Dark brownish black dorsal side; area around eyes are red or yellow and sides of pronotum are dark red. Center line of pronotum is well defined. 

Jadera sanguinolenta
Range: Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Culebra, St. John, St. Thomas, Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina Hosts: Allophylus edulis (False Currant or Chal Chal), Cardiospermum corindum (Faux Persil), and Koelreuteria elegans... 

Jadera schuhi
Range: Venezuela Physical description: About 8 to 11 mm in length. Dorsal side is brown with sparse spotting (except on the sides of hemelytra, which are bright red). Sides of head and pronotum are orange. Tip of scutellum is lighter in color than rest of scutellum. Pronotum is... 

Jadera silbergliedi
Range: Galapagos Islands Hosts: Cardiospermum species (Balloon Vine) Description: About 8 to 12 mm in length. Dorsal side is mostly dull brownish black. Eyes are red. Area around eyes, some of pronotum, and scutellum are orange. Ventral side is yellow and black. 

Jadera similaris
Range: Ecuador Physical description: About 8 to 11 mm in length. Dorsal side mostly light brown except for head and scutellum, which are red. Ventral side is yellowish red. Appendages are brown. May resemble:

Leptocoris abdominalis
Range: Indonesia, Philippines Host: Schleichera oleosa (Lac Tree) and Koelreuteria henryi (Flamegold Tree) Physical description: Around 14-21 mm in length. Dorsal side is bright red, except for black membrane. Large, rounded pronotum that appears to bulge... 

Leptocoris aethiops
Range: West Africa, Central Africa Physical description: Around 14-18 mm in length. Black or brown dorsal side. Sides of head are ochre in color. Pronotum is relatively long and the posterior half is rounded. Ventral side is yellowish-brown. Legs are brownish-black with yellow... 

Leptocoris affinis
Range: Ethiopia, Mount Elgon (Uganda-Kenya) Physical description: Dorsal side is mostly yellowish-brown except for pronotum, which is yellowish ochre, membrane, which is dark brown, and head, which is black with some yellow coloration around the eyes. Pronotum is densely spotted... 

Leptocoris albisoleatus
Range: Madagascar Physical description: Fairly large in size. Dorsal side is red with dark brown membrane. Scutellum is elongate. Appendages are brownish-black, except for light colored tibias. Ventral side is black and red (red mostly confined to posterior margins of the... 

Leptocoris amictus
Range: Central Africa to South Africa Host: Allophylus rubifolius Physical description: About 11-16 mm in length. Black or brownish-black dorsal side. Margin of corium that borders the clavus is reddish-orange, forming an upside down red 'v'. Posterior margins of... 

Leptocoris augur
Range: Southeast Asia mainland (into Indonesia) Hosts: Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum (Balloon Vine or Heartseed) and Schleichera oleosa (Lac Tree) Physical description: About 11 to 16 mm in length. Red or reddish-orange dorsal side with... 

Leptocoris bahram
Range: Endemic to Socotra Physical description: Around 15 mm in length. Reddish orange dorsal side except for black membrane. Eyes are dark red. Ventral side is yellowish orange. Appendages are black.  

Leptocoris capitis
Range: South China Physical description: About 11 to 13 mm in length. Red dorsal side with black membrane. Rostrum brownish-gray (black at apex). May resemble: L. augur and

Leptocoris chevreuxi
Range: Trans-African from Eritrea to Senegal; also Cape Verde Islands. May also occur farther south. Physical description: Medium in size. Red or yellow colored with elongate, reddish-brown scutellum. Head is short and very bulged. Pronotum is coarsely dotted. Ventral side is red... 

Leptocoris cinnamomensis
Range: Southwest Africa Physical description: About 15 to 17 mm in size. Dorsal side is yellow with a dark brown membrane. Scutellum is equilateral and has a dark spot. Pronotum is coarsely dotted with a center line that does not pass through its entire length; pronotum appears... 

Leptocoris corniculatus
Range: India Physical description: Reddish yellow with a black membrane. Pronotum is coarsely dotted. Ventral side is mostly ochre in color with some black around ventral segments. Appendages are reddish except for distal portions of antennae and rostrum, which are brownish black. 

Leptocoris coxalis
Range: Sri Lanka Physical description: Large in size with noticeably tapered membrane. Dorsal side mostly red except for black scutellum, clavus, and membrane. Pronotum is relatively broad posteriorly. Ventrum is black except for costal margins and coxae. Appendages are... 

Leptocoris dispar
Range: India, China, Cambodia, Tonkin Physical description: Resembles L. capitis in coloration and L. augur in structure; see below for more detail. May resemble: L. augur (different antennae... 

Leptocoris fuscus
Range: Timor, Lombok Physical description: About 13 to 19 mm in length. Dorsal side mostly dark brown; lateral borders of head, pronotum, and hemelytra are yellowish. Eyes are red. Center line on pronotum is slightly raised and hardly visible. Ventral side is yellowish orange.  

Leptocoris griseiventris
Range: Central Africa, Mozambique, Northeast Rhodesia Physical description: About 9 to 13 mm in length. Yellowish red or yellowish brown; occasionally a bolder red color, with dark membrane. Scutellum is brown and forms a long triangle. Pronotum is trapezoidal with especially... 

Leptocoris hexophthalmus
Range: Central to South Africa Physical description: About 11 to 16 mm in length, slender. Brownish yellow, brownish red, or brownish green, with dark membrane; dorsal side may appear glaucous. Posterior margin of coria outlined in reddish orange. Pronotum may also be outlined in... 

Leptocoris insularis
Range: Fiji, Somoa, French Polynesia Host: Pometia pinnata (Fijian Longan or Island Lychee) Physical description: Large in size, purplish-brown with metallic green membrane. Pronotum similar in shape to that of L. augur. Ventral side reddish brown; last ventral... 

Leptocoris intermedia
Range: Central East Africa Physical description: Small, about 10 to 12 mm in length. Light brown in color and very shiny with dark brown membrane. Scutellum is yellowish brown and lighter on the sides. Clavus slightly darker than surrounding area. Pronotum black and dark brown,... 

Leptocoris isolatus
Range: New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Oceania Hosts: Allophylus cobbe (False Currant) and Allophylus timorensis (False Currant) Physical description: About 11 to 16 mm in size. Dusky brown, reddish, or reddish ochre in color with black or blackish brown... 

Leptocoris lanuginosa
Range: Central Africa Physical description: Very large in size. Brownish yellow with black head, membrane, and scutellum (scutellum may be dark brown), and dark red eyes. Pronotum is brown. Hemelytra are dark brown with black veins and appear to have a yellow sheen due to their... 

Leptocoris lata
Range: Central Africa Physical description: About 10 to 13 mm in length. Yellowish red with reddish brown head and black membrane. Scutellum forms a long triangle. Hemelytra have... 

Leptocoris longiusculus
Range: Sulawesi Physical description: Narrow bodied. Dorsum is red in color except for black corium and membrane. Appendages are black.  

Leptocoris marquesensis
Range: Endemic to Marquesas Islands Physical description: Deep red dorsum with black membrane. Ocelli are bright red. Hemelytra, tip of head, and pronotum suffused with purplish black. Appendages are black (coxae red). May resemble:

Leptocoris minusculus
Range: Endemic to Timor Physical description: About 9 to 12 mm in length. Red to reddish ochre with brown membrane; head and scutellum are blackish brown. Pronotum is similar to that of L. augur. Ventral side is mostly brownish black with coxae that are partially yellowish. 

Leptocoris mitellatus
Range: Australia Hosts: Alectryon connatus (Hairy Alectryon), Alectryon oleifolius (Bullock Bush or Rosewood), Alectryon subcinereus (Wild Quince, Native Quince, or Bird's Eye), Alectryon tomentosus (Hairy Alectryon), Atalaya hemiglauca (Whitewood or... 

Leptocoris mutilatus
Range: Central and eastern Africa; Madagascar Hosts: Cardiospermum corindum, Cardiospermum grandiflorum Physical description: About 11 to 16 mm in length. Scarlet red or reddish orange with black membrane; scutellum may be completely black, completely red, or... 

Leptocoris nigrofasciatus
Range: Central Africa Physical description: About 11 to 15 mm in length. Ochre or reddish ochre in color; head, anterior margin of pronotum, and membrane are black. Pronotum is broad with a pointed bulge on the anterior end and has a center line that does not pass through entire... 

Leptocoris obscura
Range: Mountains of central East Africa Physical description: Medium in size, slender. Dark brown and black dorsal side with red eyes and ocelli. Pronotum has slightly curved sides and rounded posterior corners. Ventral side is orange. Appendages are dark.  

Leptocoris paramictus
Range: East Central Africa Physical description: About 12 to 16 mm in length. Blackish brown dorsal side with dark membrane. Head is black with distinguishing red sides. Scutellum forms a long triangle and is brown or red with a yellow tip. Ventral side is yellow. Appendages are... 

Leptocoris pectoralis
Range: Eastern part of Central Africa, Sudan, Senegal Physical description: About 10 to 14 mm in length. Brown with black membrane. Head is light ochre or red next to and behind the eyes. Prontoum is light brownish gray. Margins of scutellum are lighter in color. Hemelytra are... 

Leptocoris productus
Range: Central Africa Host: Cardiospermum species (Balloon Vine) Physical description: About 10 to 14 mm in length. Orange, yellow (rarely), or red dorsal side with black membrane. Ventral side is orange or red and may be fasciated with black. Appendages are... 

Leptocoris rufomarginatus
Range: Sulawesi, Caroline Islands, Philippines, Japan (Okinawa), Southeast Asia, Australia, Oceania Hosts: Alectryon connatus (Hairy Alectryon), Alectryon diversifolius (Scrub Boonaree), Alectryon tomentosus (Hairy Alectryon), Allophylus cobbe (False... 

Leptocoris seidenstueckeri
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... 

Leptocoris stehliki
Range: Central Africa Physical description: About 10 to 14 mm in length. Dorsum is mostly red (but may be brown); head, membrane, scutellum, sides of pronotum, and sides of corium are dark. Elevated center line on pronotum is very fine and does not pass through the entire length... 

Leptocoris subrufescens
Range: Endemic to Christmas Islands Physical description: About 11 to 16 mm in length. Brown dorsum with red eyes and ocelli. Ventral side is pale brownish yellow with some dark areas above coxae. Appendages are brown.  

Leptocoris tagalicus
Range: Australia, Sulawesi, Oceania, Philippines Hosts: Alectryon connatus (Hairy Alectryon), Alectryon coriaceus (Beach Bird's Eye), Alectryon diversifolious (Scrub Boonaree), Alectryon oleifolius (Bullock Bush or Rosewood), Alectryon subcinereus... 

Leptocoris teyrovskyi
Range: Uganda, Central Africa Host: Cardiospermum grandiflorum (Showy Balloonvine or Showy Heartseed) Physical description: About 8 to 12 mm in length. Often brachypterous. Dorsal side is brown or reddish brown and head is dark brown to black. Pronotum is short and... 

Leptocoris toricollis
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... 

Leptocoris ursulae
Range: Uganda Hosts: Cardiospermum grandiflorum (Showy Balloonvine) Physical description: About 10 to 13 mm in length. 

Leptocoris verticalis
Range: Ivory Coast, Kenya Physical description: About 11 to 13 mm in length and are relatively broad. Light brown dorsal side with black head, and dark brown scutellum and membrane; appear slightly shiny. Pronotum has a black center line that is very distinct anteriorly. Ventral... 

Leptocoris vicinus
Range: Philippines, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Oceania Hosts: Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum (Balloon Vine or Heartseed), Koelreuteria elegans (Chinese Rain Tree), Pometia pinnata (Fijian Longan, Island Lychee, or Pacific Lychee), and... 

Leptocoris wagneri
Range: Guinea and Republic of Benin Physical description: About 11 to 14 mm in length. Yellowish red dorsal side with ochre head and brownish scutellum; membrane is brown. Ventral side is brownish ochre with fine red dots. Appendages are brown.  

Unknown species
[Formerly] unknown Leptocoris adult and nymphs feeding on a Cardisopermum grandiflorum seed in Semuliki National Park, Uganda.