- Leptocoris isolatus isolatus (Distant 1914)
- Leptocoris isolatus lariversi (Usinger 1952)
- Distribution
- References
Leptocoris isolatus isolatus (Distant 1914)
L. cf isolatus adult. Dried museum specimen from the Smithsonian Institution.
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 membrane. Ventral side is black and reddish or ochraceous. Coxae are reddish or ochraceous. Appendages reddish, black, or brownish black.
May resemble: L. marquesensis
Leptocoris isolatus lariversi (Usinger 1952)
Range: Marshall Islands
Host: Allophylus timorensis (False Currant)
Distribution
Red markers = locations of collection sites
Blue region(s) of land = inferred range
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.
- 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.
- Gross, G.F. (1960): A revision of the genus Leptocoris Hahn (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Rhopalinae) from the Indo-Pacific and Australian regions. Records of the Australian Museum 13, 403-451.