Leptoglossus

Taxobox
name = "Leptoglossus"

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image_caption = "Leptoglossus occidentalis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Exopterygota
ordo = Hemiptera
subordo = Heteroptera
infraordo = Pentatomomorpha
superfamilia = Coreoidea
familia = Coreidae
genus = "Leptoglossus"
genus_authority = Guérin-Méneville
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 40+, see text

"Leptoglossus" is a genus of true bugs in the leaf-footed bug family. Several species are economic pests of agricultural crops. Like members of some other genera in the family, these bugs have leaflike dilations of the hind tibia.

Species include:
*"Leptoglossus ashmeadi"
*"Leptoglossus balteatus"
*"Leptoglossus brevirostris"
*"Leptoglossus chilensis"
*"Leptoglossus cinctus"
*"Leptoglossus concolor"
*"Leptoglossus crassicornus"
*"Leptoglossus dilaticollis"
*"Leptoglossus fasciatus"
*"Leptoglossus gonagra"
*"Leptoglossus impictus"
*"Leptoglossus katiae"
*"Leptoglossus lonchoides"
*"Leptoglossus occidentalis"
*"Leptoglossus phyllopus"
*"Leptoglossus zonatus"

References

*Schaefer, C. W., R. J. Packauskas, and K. Bu. (2008). A new species of "Leptoglossus" (Hemiptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini) from Brazil. "Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" 110:1 61-66.
*Schaefer, C. W. and A. R. Panizzi. (2000). " [http://books.google.com/books?id=AVcBI0GL-fQC&pg=PA358&dq=leptoglossus&sig=ACfU3U2HHZjVRkIE0e-x_0GQ7bK4r0M8-g#PPA357,M1 Heteroptera of Economic Importance] ". CRC Press pg. 357. ISBN 0849306957

External links

*Gibson, E. H. (1917). [http://psyche.entclub.org/24/24-069.html Key to the species of "Leptoglossus" Guer. occurring north of Mexico (Heteroptera:Coreidae)] "Psyche" 24: 69-72.