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thumbnail| Leptocorisa Leptocorisa is a genus of broad-headed bugs in the family Alydidae. There are about 17 described species in Leptocorisa, some of which are known as "rice bugs" or gundhi bugs (in India); they are found in south and east Asia and in Oceania.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHemiptera
  5. FamilyAlydidae

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Specimen records
130
With media
7
Family
Alydidae
Collections
USNM, INHS, SAM, AM, UPS, TAMU
Recorded in
Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, South Africa, United States, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Panama

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Encyclopedic overview

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thumbnail| Leptocorisa Leptocorisa is a genus of broad-headed bugs in the family Alydidae. There are about 17 described species in Leptocorisa, some of which are known as "rice bugs" or gundhi bugs (in India); they are found in south and east Asia and in Oceania.

==Species== These 17 species belong to the genus Leptocorisa: Leptocorisa acuta (Thunberg, 1783) Leptocorisa ayamaruensis Van Doesburg & Siwi, 1983 Leptocorisa biguttata Walker, 1871 Leptocorisa bipunctata Costa, 1863 Leptocorisa chinensis Dallas, 1852 Leptocorisa costalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 Leptocorisa discoidalis Walker, 1871 Leptocorisa lepida Breddin, 1909 Leptocorisa luzonensis Ahmad, 1965 Leptocorisa luzonica Ahmad, 1965 Leptocorisa oratoria (Fabricius, 1794) Leptocorisa palawanensis Ahmad, 1965 Leptocorisa pseudolepida Ahmad, 1965 Leptocorisa sakdapolrakae Ahmad, 1965 Leptocorisa solomonensis Ahmad, 1965 Leptocorisa tagalica Ahmad, 1965 Leptocorisa timorensis Van Doesburg & Siwi, 1983

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