Boisea coimbatorensis (Gross 1960)
B. coimbatorensis adult. Dried museum specimen from the Japan National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences.
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. augur. Ventral side red with black areas near red coxae. Appendages are brownish.
Distribution
Red markers = locations of collection sites
Blue region 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.
- Satyanarayana, K. and Sukumar, K. (1985): Sterility and retardation of oocyte growth by penfluron in soapnut bug Leptocoris coimbatorensis (Gross) (Hemiptera, Coreidae). Z. ang. Ent., 100, 367-372.