Species Leptocorisa acuta (Thunberg, 1783)

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Species Leptocorisa acuta (Thunberg, 1783)

Paddy Bug

Cimex acutus Thunberg, C.P. 1783. Dissertatio Entomologica novas insectorum species, sistens, cujus partem secundum, cons exper. facult. med. upsal., publice ventilandam exhibent. Upsaliae : J. Edman Pt 2 pp. 29-52 pl. 2. [34].
Type data:
Neotype ZIUU ♂, Malaysia.
Subsequent designation references:
Ahmad, I. 1965. The Leptocorisinae (Heteroptera: Alydidae) of the world. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (Supplement) 5: 1-156 [79, 97].
Cimex angustatus Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericus, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 1 xx 348 pp. [308].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMUC ♂, China.
Type locality references:
Ahmad, I. 1965. The Leptocorisinae (Heteroptera: Alydidae) of the world. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (Supplement) 5: 1-156 [79].
Gerris varicornis Fabricius, J.C. 1803. Systema Rhyngotorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae : Carolum Reichard x 314 pp. emmendanda. [260].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC ♂, Tranquebariae.
Leptocorisa flavida Guérin, F.É. 1831. Atlas. pls 1-21 Insectes in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majest., La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 sous le ministère de S.E.M. Le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, et publié sous les auspices de son Excellence M. Le Cte De Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Histoire naturelle, zoologie. Paris : A. Bertrand. [Date published 1830-1832] [pl. 12 fig. 12].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Buru, Maluku, Indonesia (as Bourou, Moluccas).
Type locality references:
Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1838. Pt 2 Div. 1 ch. xiii Insectes. pp. 57-302 in Duperrey, L.J. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les Années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand. [178].
Myodocha burmeisteri Montrouzier, P. 1864. Essai sur la faune entomologique de Kanala (Nouvelle-Calédonie) et description de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon ns 11: 46-257 [227].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 4 specimens (depository uncertain), Kanala, New Caledonia (as Kanala, Nouvélle-Caledonié).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Stål, C. 1873. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 3. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 11(2): 1-163 [86] (synonymy of Cimex angustatus)
Ahmad, I. 1965. The Leptocorisinae (Heteroptera: Alydidae) of the world. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (Supplement) 5: 1-156 [78] (synonymy of Cimex varicornis and Leptocorisa flavida)
Siwi, S.S. & van Doesburg, P.H. 1984. Leptocorisa Latreille in Indonesia (Heteroptera, Coreidae, Alydinae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 58: 117-129 [119] (synonymy of Leptocorisa burmeisteri)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Ayr, Cairns, Dunk Is., Mackay, Port Douglas, Rockhampton, Torres Strait Ils (Moa Is., Thursday Is.), Trinity Beach, Yeppoon, NT—Darwin, Bathurst Is., Melville Is., Woodah Is.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Granivore (associated flora: Solanum melongena L. [SOLANACEAE] Eggplant; Eleusine coracan (L.) Gaertn. [POACEAE] Indian Millet; Setaria italica (L.) P.Beauv. [POACEAE] Italian Millet; Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench [POACEAE] Millet, Sorghum; Xanthium occidentale Bertoloni [ASTERACEAE] Noogoora Burr; Oryza sativa L. [POACEAE] Rice; Panicum frumentaceum Roxb. [POACEAE] Sama; Pennisetum typhoides (Burman f.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. [POACEAE] Sama; Saccharum officinarum L. [POACEAE] Sugarcane; Echinochloa colona (L.) Link [POACEAE] Swamp Grass; Morus sp. [MORACEAE]; Paspalum sp. [POACEAE]), herbivore, terrestrial, tropical, up-on-plants, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Pest of rice.

General References

Anon. 1917. [Discussion on Leptocorisa varicornis]. Report and Proceedings of the 2nd Entomological Meeting, Pusa 2: 175, 184, 192, 200-202 [175, 184, 192, 200-202]

Austin, G.D. 1922. A preliminary report on paddy fly investigations Ceylon. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, Ceylon 59: 1-22 (Sri Lanka, pest)

Austin, G.D. 1923. Paddy fly (Leptocorisa varicornis F.). Tropical Agriculturist 60: 118-119 (Sri Lanka, pest)

Banks, C.S. 1909. Rhynchota Palawanica, Part I: Heteroptera. Philippine Journal of Science 4: 553-593 pls I-II [569] (Philippines)

Barrion, A.T. & Litsinger, J.A. 1981. Leptocorisa acuta vs oratorius: a clarification of rice bug species. International Rice Research Newsletter 6(1): 20-21 [20] (identification)

Blöte, H.C. 1934. Catalogue of the Coreidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I, Corizinae, Alydinae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 17: 253-285 [282] (distribution)

Breddin, G. 1905. Versuch einer Rhynchotenfauna der malayischen Insel Banguey. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 22: 201-226 [213] (Malaysia)

China, W.E. 1924. A preliminary revision of the Oriental species of Leptocorisa, Latr. (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 235-239 [236] (description)

China, W.E. 1930. Insects of Samoa and other Samoan terrestrial Arthropoda. Part II. Fasc. 3. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Insects of Samoa and Other Samoan Terrestrial Arthropoda 2(3): 81-162 [96] (synonymy)

Corbett, G.H. 1930. The bionomics and control of Leptocorisa acuta Thunb. with notes on other Leptocorisa spp. in Malaya. Dept. Agric. S.S. & F.M.S., Kuala Lumpur, Sci. Ser. No. 4:. 1-39 pp. (Malaysia, pest management)

Dammerman, K.W. 1929. The Agricultural Zoology of the Malay Archipelago. The animals injurious and beneficial to agriculture, horticulture and forestry in the Malay Peninsula, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines. Amsterdam : J.H. de Bussey ix 473 pp. [233 fig.] (description)

Dammerman, K.W. 1948. The fauna of Krakatau 1883–1933. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen [Verh. Akad. Amsterdam] 44: 1-594 [269, 462, 552]

Distant, W.L. 1888. An enumeration of the Rhynchota received from Baron von Müller and collected by Mr. Sayer in New Guinea during Mr. Cuthbertson's Expedition. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1888: 475-489 pl. XIII [482] (New Guinea)

Distant, W.L. 1904. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota (Heteroptera). London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 2(2) xvii 243-503 pp. [410] (distribution)

Duport, L. 1912. Notes sur quelques maladies et ennemis des plantes cultivées en extrême Orient. Bulletin Economique de l'Indochine (Hanoi) ns 99, 102, 105: 1-147 (pest species)

Esaki, T. 1926. Verzeichniss der Hemiptera-Heteroptera der Insel Formosa. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 24: 136-189 [156] (list)

Evans, J.W. 1952. The Injurious Insects of the British Commonwealth (except the British Isles, India and Pakistan): with a section on the control of weeds by insects. London : Commonwealth Institute of Entomology vii 42 pp. [101] (distribution)

Fabricius, J.C. 1794. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tom. 1. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. xx 330 pp. [191] (description)

Fieber, F.X. 1861. Die europäischen Hemiptera: Halbflügler (Rhynchota Heteroptera). Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Wien : C. Gerold 113-444 pp., 2 pls. [224] (incorrect subsequent spelling as Leptocorisa arcuata)

Fourcroy, A.F. 1785. Entomologia Parisiensis, sive catalogus insectorum quae in Agro parisiensi reperiuntur; secundum methodum Geoffroeanam in sectiones, genera et species distributus; cui addita sunt nomina trivialia et fere trecentae novae species. Paris. 1-231, 233-544 pp. [201]

Gmelin, J.F. 1790. Hemiptera. pp. 1520, 1523, 2041–2224 in, Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae. 13th Edn. [2193] (incorrect subsequent spelling as Cimex angustus)

Gross, G.F. 1963. Insects of Micronesia. Coreidae (Alydini by J.C. Schaffner), Neididae, and Nabidae. Insects of Micronesia 7: 357-390 [358-359, 370] (list)

Gross, G.F. 1963. Insects of Micronesia. Coreidae (Alydini by J.C. Schaffner), Neididae, and Nabidae. Insects of Micronesia 7: 357-390 [370] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement synonymy of Gerris oratorius Fabrcius, 1794, Leptocorisa bengalensis Westwood, 1842, Myodocha trinotata Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848 and Leptocoria maculiventris Dallas, 1852)

Horváth, G. 1900. Hemiptera. in Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 629-642 [637] (distribution)

Horváth, G. 1919. Hemipteren von den Aru- and Kei- Inseln. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 35(3): 305-314 [311] (New Guinea)

Hutson, J.C. 1930. Some notes on the paddy fly in Ceylon. Tropical Agriculture, Peradeniya 75: 341-346 (rice pest)

Kirby, W.F. 1891. Catalogue of the described Hemiptera Heteroptera and Homoptera of Ceylon, based on the collection formed (chiefly at Pundaloya) by Mr. E. Ernest Green. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 24: 72-176 pls IV-VI [94] (Sri Lanka)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1905. Memoir on the Rhynchota collected by Dr. Arthur Willey, F.R.S., chiefly in Birara (New Britain) and Lifu. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1905: 327-363, pl. 17 [350] (New Guinea, Loyalty Ils)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1908. A catalogue of the Hemiptera of Fiji. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 345-391 pl. IV [353] (distribution)

Kumar, R. 1965. Aspects of the morphology of Coreoidea and their value in its higher classification. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 76: 27-91 [27, 29, 43, 49, 50, 68, 80 figs] (description)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1894. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome II. Hétéroptères Coreidae, Berytidae, Lygaeidae, Pyrrhocoridae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez 277 pp. [102] (catalogue)

Mackie, D.B. 1917. A summary of the work of the Pest Control Section for the year 1916. Philippine Agricultural Review 10: 128-145 [128] (pest control)

Matsumura, S. 1905. Illustrated Thousand Insects of Japan. Vol. 2. Tokyo. 163 pp. [8, pl. 18 fig. 10] (description)

Matsumura, S. 1910. Die schädlichen und nützlichen Insekten vom Zuckerrohr Formosas. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 6: 136-139 [136] (Taiwan)

Maxwell-Lefroy, H. 1908. The rice bug Leptocorisa varicornis (Fabr.). Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture India, Entomological Series 2: 1-13 1 pl. [2] (India)