Species Leptoglossus gonagra (Fabricius, 1775)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cimex gonagra Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [708].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMK, St Thomas (as Insula St Thomas Americae).
• Cimex australis Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [708].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 2 specimens, Tahiti (as Insula Otaheite); ZMK 1 specimen, Tahiti (as Insula Otaheite).
• Cimex membranaceus Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997] [351].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH Banks coll., Insula St Itago promontorii viridis; ZMK 1 specimen, Insula St Itago promontorii viridis.

  Type host:

   Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål, 1873 [TINGIDAE]
• Cimex momordicae Forster, J.R. 1844. Descriptiones Animalium in itinere ad maris australis terras per annos 1772–74 suspecto observatorum edidit H. Lichtenstein. Berlin : Dümmler xiii 424 pp. [16].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NHMW (depository uncertain), Australia (as australis terras).
• Anisoscelis orientalis Dallas, W.S. 1852. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Taylor & Francis Part 2 369-592 pp. pls XII-XV. [454].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Philippines.
• Anisoscelis flavopunctatus Signoret, V. 1862. Hemiptera. 26-31, 2 colour pls in Maillard, L. (ed.). Notes sur l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Vol. II. Insectes. Paris : Dentu. [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW (depository uncertain), Réunion Is. (as Ile Bourbon, Indes Orient.).
• Anisoscelis (Lygaeus) bidentatus Montrouzier, P. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Annales de la Société d'Agriculture de Lyon 2 7: 1-114 [101].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP 2 specimens, Woodlark Is. (as l'île de Woodlark).
• Cimex grallator Herbst, J.F.W. 1784. Kurze Einleitung zur Kenntniss der Insecten für Ungeübte und Anfänger. Gemeinnützige Naturgeschichte des Thierreiches. Berlin : Lange Vol. 6 278 pp. [259].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMB, locality unknown.

  Secondary source:

   Allen, R.C. 1969. A revision of the genus Leptoglossus Guérin (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Entomologica Americana 45: 35-140 [84].
• Anisoscelis antica Herrich-Schaeffer, G.A.W. 1836. Die Wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnburg : C.H. Zeh'schen Buchhandlung Vol. 3 35-114 pp. [92].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZSM (depository uncertain), locality unknown.

  Secondary source:

   Allen, R.C. 1969. A revision of the genus Leptoglossus Guérin (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Entomologica Americana 45: 35-140 [84].
• Anisoscelis praecipua Walker, F. 1871. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-211. [128].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Orizaba, Mexico.
• Leptoglossus membranaceus sumbawensis Blöte, H.C. 1936. Catalogue of the Coreidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part III. Coreinae, second part. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 19: 23-66 [29].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH ♀, Sumbawa, Indonesia.
  Paratype(s) RMNH ♀.

 

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 [68]
• Allen, R.C. 1969. A revision of the genus Leptoglossus Guérin (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Entomologica Americana 45: 35-140 [81, 84]
• Baranowski, R.M. & Slater, J.A. 1986. Coreidae of Florida (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas. Gainesville : Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Vol. 12 82 pp. [21] (synonymy of Cimex australis)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Torres Strait Ils (Moa Is., Murray Is.); broadly distributed in Afrotropical Region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, 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 Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, herbivore (associated flora: Musa paradisiaca L. [MUSACEAE] Banana; Phaseolus sp. [FABACEAE] Beans; Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi [ANACARDIACEAE] Brazilian Pepper; Brassica oleracea L. [BRASSICACEAE] Cabbage; Theobroma cacao L. [STERCULIACEAE] Cacao; Manihot utilissima Pohl. [EUPHORBIACEAE] Cassava; Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. [CUCURBITACEAE] Choko; Coffea arabica L. [RUBIACEAE] Coffee; Gossypium hirsutum L. [MALVACEAE] Cotton; Cucumis sativus L. [CUCURBITACEAE] Cucumber; Solanum melongena L. [SOLANACEAE] Eggplant; Passiflora quadrangularis L. [PASSIFLORACEAE] Granadilla; Citrus paradisi Macfad. [RUTACEAE] Grapefruit; Psidium guajava L. [MYRTACEAE] Guava; Eucalyptus deglupta Blume [MYRTACEAE] Kamarere; Zea mays L. [POACEAE] Maize; Citrus reticulata Blanco [RUTACEAE] Mandarin, Tangerine; Mangifera indica L. [ANACARDIACEAE] Mango; Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench [POACEAE] Millet, Sorghum; Citrus aurantium L. [RUTACEAE] Orange; Passiflora edulis Sims [PASSIFLORACEAE] Passionfruit; Carica papaya L. [CARICACEAE] Pawpaw, Papaya; Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. [FABACEAE] Pigeon Pea; Punica granatum L. [LYTHRACEAE] Pomegranate; Cucurbita pepo L. [CUCURBITACEAE] Pumpkin; Oryza sativa L. [POACEAE] Rice; Cucumis melo L. [CUCURBITACEAE] Rock Melon; Hibiscus sabdariffa L. [MALVACEAE] Rosella; Hevea brasiliensis Muell. [EUPHORBIACEAE] Rubber; Trichosanthes anguina L. [CUCURBITACEAE] Snake Gourd; Helianthus annuus L. [ASTERACEAE] Sunflower; Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. [CONVOLVULACEAE] Sweet Potato; Colocasia esculenta Schott [ARACEAE] Taro; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. [SOLANACEAE] Tomato; Cyphomandra betacea Sendtn. [SOLANACEAE] Tree Tomato; Luffa cylindrica M.Roem. [CUCURBITACEAE] Vegetable Sponge; Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai [CUCURBITACEAE] Watermelon; Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Momordica charantia L. [CUCURBITACEAE] Wild Balsam Apple, Bitter Gourd; Passiflora foetida L. [PASSIFLORACEAE] Wild Passionfruit; Dioscorea esculenta L. [DIOSCOREACEAE] Yam; Bixa orellana L. [BIXACEAE]; Centrosema pubescens Benth. [FABACEAE]; Erythrina variegata L. [FABACEAE]; Crotalaria anagyroides H.B.C. [FABACEAE]; Typha domingensis Pers. [TYPHACEAE]; Sicyos sp. [CUCURBITACEAE]; Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE]; Cleome spinosa Jacq. [CAPPARIDACEAE]; Psidium grandiflorum Aubl. [MYRTACEAE]; Ternstroemia parviflora Krug & Urb. [THEACEAE]), sap-feeder, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Pest species.

 

General References

Hely, P.C., Pasfield, G. & Gellatley, J.G. 1982. Insect Pests of Fruit and Vegetables in NSW. Melbourne : Inkata Press 312 pp. [190] (bionomics, as Leptoglossus australis)

Mitchell, P.L. 2000. Leaf-footed bugs (Coreidae). pp. 337-403 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp. [358, 363] (bionomics, as Leptoglossus australis (Fabricius) and Leptoglossus gonagra Fabricius)

Osuna, E.A. 1984. Monografía de la tribu Anisoscelidini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera Coreidae). 1. Revisión genérica. Boletín de Entomologia Venezolana NS 3(5–8): 77-145 [112] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement nov. comb. as Fabrictilis australis)

Schaefer, C.W. & Mitchell, P.L. 1983. Food plants of the Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76: 591-615 [604-605] (host plants)

 

Common Name References

Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] [150] (Passionvine Bug)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Jun-2022	COREIDAE	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019	PENTATOMOMORPHA	31-May-2022	MODIFIED
15-Aug-2012		16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
		16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED