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Boxelder Bugs
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Boxelder Bugs

Boisea

Boisea is the least speciose genus of the soapberry bug subfamily. Members of this genus are found in North America, India, and Africa. 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. The most well-known species of this genus are the North American boxelder bugs (western Boisea rubrolineata and eastern Boisea trivittata) and African Boisea...

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Eastern Boxelder Bug

speciesBoisea trivittata

Western Boxelder Bug

speciesBoisea rubrolineata

Boisea fulcrata

speciesBoisea fulcrata

Boisea coimbatorensis

speciesBoisea coimbatorensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53224.