Species info
Classification > Superfamily Coreoidea > Family Coreidae > Subfamily Coreinae > Tribe Anisoscelini > Genus Leptoglossus
Leptoglossus gonagra (Fabricius 1775)
Taken from Coreoidea Species File. Anisoscelis praecipua Walker, 1871 (Syntype: male) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. Source: Bantock. 2011.
Taken from Coreoidea Species File. Anisoscelis praecipua Walker, 1871 (Syntype: male) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. Source: Bantock. 2011.
Taken from Coreoidea Species File. Anisoscelis praecipua Walker, 1871 (Syntype: male) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. Source: Bantock. 2011.
Taken from Coreoidea Species File. Anisoscelis praecipua Walker, 1871 (Syntype: male) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. Source: Bantock. 2011.
Taken from Coreoidea Species File. Anisoscelis praecipua Walker, 1871 (Syntype: male) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. Source: Bantock. 2011.
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Pest regularly of importance
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Chaco
    • Córdoba
    • Corrientes
    • Formosa
    • Jujuy
    • La Pampa
    • Misiones
    • Salta
    • San Luis
    • Santa Fe
    • Santiago del Estero
    • Tucumán
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Africa, Australia, Asia, various island chains, as well as the New World. In the Western Hemisphere, this species is known from Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Island, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, St. Croix, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad, United States, Venezuela and Virgin Islands (Leavengood et al. 2024).
 
Synonyms
  • Anisoscelis antica Herrich-Schäffer, 1836
  • Cimex australis Fabricius, 1775
  • Anisoscelis bidentatus Montrouzier, 1855
  • Anisoscelis flavopunctatus Signoret, 1863
  • Cimex grallator Herbst, 1784
  • Cimex membranaceus Fabricius, 1781
  • Cimex momordicae Forster, 1844
  • Anisoscelis orientalis Dallas, 1852
  • Anisoscelis praecipua Walker, 1871
  • Leptoglossus membranaceus variety sumbawensis Blöte, 1936
Observations
Location of Type material: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK)
Additional distributional data: the specie was cited for Misiones from El Dorado, Corpus and Cerro Azul. For the rest of the provinces it was not specified
Host plants
Citrullus lanatus "watermelon"
Citrus sp.
Citrus paradisi"grapefruit"
Citrus sinensis "oranges"
Cucumis maxima
Cucumis melo "muskmelons or sweet melon"
Cucurbita moschata "squash or pumpkin"
Jatropha curcas "Barbados nut"
Luffa cylindrica
Mangifera indica "mango"
Momordica charantia "bitter melon"
Nicotiana tabacum "tobacco"
Passiflora sp.
Passiflora edulis "passion fruit"
Punica granatum "grenade"
Links
References
  • BERG, C. 1879. Hemiptera Argentina enumeravit speciesque novas. Bonariae: Pauli E. Coni pp. 1-316
  • PENNINGTON, M.S. 1920-1921. Lista de los Hemípteros Heterópteros de la República Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • PENNINGTON, M.S. 1922. Notas sobre Coreidos Argentinos. Physis 20(5): 125-170.
  • BOSQ, J. M. 1937. Lista preliminar de los Hemípteros (Heterópteros), especialmente relacionados con la agricultura nacional. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 9, 111-134.
  • BOSQ, J.M. 1940. Lista preliminar de los Hemípteros (Heteropteros), especialmente relacionados con la agricultura nacional (continuación). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina, 10, 399–417.
  • HAYWARD, K. 1942. Primera Lista de insectos tucumanos perjudiciales. Publicaciones Misceláneas de las Estación Experimental Agrícola de Tucumán 1: 1-110.
  • QUINTANILLA, R.H., A.E. MARGHERITIS AND H.F. RIZZO. 1975-1976. Catálogo de hemípteros hallados en la Provincia de Corrientes. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 35(1–4): 115–133.
  • PACKAUSKAS, R. 2010. Catalog of the Coreidae, or leaf-footed bugs of the New World. Fort Hays Studies (Fourth Series) 55: 1-270.
  • COSCARÓN, M. C., & PALL, J. L. 2015. The tribe Anisoscelini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) in Argentina. Zootaxa 4033(3): 411-426.
  • LEAVENGOOD, JR. J.M., BRAILOVKSY, H. & BARRERA, E. 2024. Studies in the New World tribe Anisoscelini Laporte, 1832 (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae): updated distributions, nomenclatural changes, and keys to the genera of the tribe and the species of Anisoscelis Latreille, 1829 and Bitta Osuna, 1984. Zootaxa 5415 (2): 241–268. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5415.2.2
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