Boisea
Boisea | |
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Boisea rubrolineata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Family: | Rhopalidae |
Subfamily: | Serinethinae |
Genus: | Boisea Kirkaldy, 1910 |
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Boisea is the least speciose genus of the soapberry bug subfamily. Members of this genus are found in North America, India, and Africa.[1] Unlike other serinethine genera, the distribution of Boisea is very patchy; it is speculated that its highly vicariant range is relictual of what was previously a much vaster, continuous range.[2] The most well-known species of this genus are the North American boxelder bugs (western Boisea rubrolineata and eastern Boisea trivittata) and African . The US species mainly feed on the seeds of maple trees and are occasional nuisance pests around homes.
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In North America, Boisea trivittata is native to most of the continental United States, excluding California.[3] Boisea rubrolineata is native to western continental United States.[4]
Exocrine secretions of these bugs have also been extensively studied.[5]
References[]
- ^ Göllner-Scheiding, U. (1983): General-Katalog der Familie Rhopalidae (Heteroptera). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 59, 37-189.
- ^ Göllner-Scheiding, U. (1992): Material of the rhopalid genera Leptocoris Hahn, 1833, and Boisea Kirkaldy, 1910 (Heteroptera) from the collection of the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum at Leiden, The Netherlands. Zoologische Mededelingen 66, 277-282.
- ^ "Boisea trivittata". soapberrybug.org/. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ "Boisea rubrolineata". soapberrybug.org. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ Aldrich, J.R.; Carroll, S.P.; Oliver, J.E.; Lusby, W.R.; Rudmann, A.A.; Waters, R.M. (1990). "Exocrine secretions of scentless plant bugs: Jadera, Boisea and Niesthrea species" (PDF). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 18 (5): 369–376. doi:10.1016/0305-1978(90)90010-d. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- Pentatomomorpha genera
- Hemiptera of North America
- Serinethinae
- Taxa named by George Willis Kirkaldy
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