Leptodictya Explained

Leptodictya is a genus of lace bugs in the family Tingidae. There are at least 60 described species in Leptodictya.

Species

These 60 species belong to the genus Leptodictya:

• Leptodictya approximata (Stal, 1858)
• Leptodictya archboldi Froeschner, 1968
• Leptodictya austrina Drake & Hambleton, 1939
• Leptodictya bambusae Drake, 1918
• Leptodictya bredini Froeschner, 1968
• Leptodictya championi Drake, 1928
• Leptodictya circumcincta Champion, 1897
• Leptodictya colombiana Drake, 1928
• Leptodictya comes Drake & Hambleton, 1938
• Leptodictya comitis Drake & Hambleton, 1938
• Leptodictya cretata Champion, 1897
• Leptodictya decor Drake & Hambleton, 1945
• Leptodictya decoris Drake & Hambleton, 1945
• Leptodictya dilatata Monte, 1942
• Leptodictya dohrni (Stal, 1858)
• Leptodictya dola Drake & Hambleton, 1939
• Leptodictya ecuadoris Drake & Hambleton, 1945
• Leptodictya elitha Drake & Ruhoff, 1962
• Leptodictya evidens Drake, 1928
• Leptodictya faceta Monte, 1943
• Leptodictya formosatis Drake, 1928
• Leptodictya formositis Drake, 1928
• Leptodictya fraterna Monte, 1941
• Leptodictya fusca Drake
• Leptodictya fuscipes Froeschner, 1989
• Leptodictya fuscocincta (Stal, 1858)
• Leptodictya galerita Drake, 1942
• Leptodictya grandatis Drake, 1931
• Leptodictya intermedia Monte, 1943
• Leptodictya laidis Drake & Hambleton, 1945
• Leptodictya leinahoni (Kirkaldy, 1905)
• Leptodictya lepida (Stal, 1858)
• Leptodictya litigiosa Monte, 1940
• Leptodictya lucida Drake & Hambleton, 1945
• Leptodictya luculenta Drake, 1928
• Leptodictya ludica Drake & Hambleton
• Leptodictya madelinae Drake, 1928
• Leptodictya madra Drake & Hambleton, 1939
• Leptodictya nema Drake & Hambleton, 1939
• Leptodictya nicholi Drake, 1926
• Leptodictya nigra Monte, 1941
• Leptodictya nigrosis Drake & Hambleton, 1945
• Leptodictya nota Drake & Hambleton, 1939
• Leptodictya ochropa (Stal, 1858)
• Leptodictya olyrae Drake, 1931
• Leptodictya parilis Drake & Hambleton, 1945
• Leptodictya paspalii Drake & Hambleton, 1934
• Leptodictya paulana Drake & Hambleton, 1944
• Leptodictya perita Drake, 1935
• Leptodictya plana Heidemann, 1913
• Leptodictya simulans Heidemann, 1913
• Leptodictya sinaloana Drake, 1954
• Leptodictya socorrona Drake, 1948
• Leptodictya sodalatis Drake, 1928
• Leptodictya solita Drake & Hambleton, 1938
• Leptodictya tabida (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1840)
• Leptodictya tegeticula Monte, 1943
• Leptodictya venezolana Monte, 1940
• Leptodictya vulgata Drake, 1928
• Leptodictya williamsi Drake, 1928

Further reading

• Lacebugs of the World: A Catalog (Hemiptera: Tingidae). 1965. Drake . Carl J.. Ruhoff . Florence A.. United States National Museum Bulletin. 243. 1–634. 10.5479/si.03629236.243.1. 10088/10084.
• Review of the New World lace bug genera Acanthocheila Stål and Carvalhotingis new genus (Heteroptera: Tingidae). 1995. Froeschner . Richard C.. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 97. 2. 331–339. 0013-8797.
• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. 1996. Péricart . J.. Golub . V. B.. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-15-3.
• Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis. 2009. Schuh . Randall T.. Weirauch . Christiane. Wheeler . Ward C.. Systematic Entomology. 34. 1. 15–48. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. 10.1.1.498.8756.