Leptocoris lata (Göllner-Scheiding 1980)
L. lata specimen, Berlin Museum.
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 brown sides and fine red veins. Ventral side is reddish yellow. Appendages are brown.
May resemble: L. griseiventris (narrower bodied)
Distribution
Leptocoris lata has been found in Gabon but the exact location of where it was collected is not known.
Red markers = locations of collection sites
Blue region(s) of land = inferred range
3/4 inch = 1000 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.