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New: Interactive Species Maps

Explore species observations on an interactive map, powered by iNaturalist data. This feature lets you visualize where a species has been reliably recorded, making it easier to see geographic patterns and documented distributions at a glance.

Map of Boisea coimbatorensis

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Identification Resources

Access visual reference materials to support accurate identification, including digital holotypes for each species. These curated images highlight defining traits, regional ecotypes, and key differences from similar species—helping clarify what is and is not a soapberry bug for reliable identification.

Identifiers of two morphs of Jadera antica

Research Goals & Collaboration

This project highlights open research opportunities and invites collaboration to advance soapberry bug science. Key goals include identifying range overlaps and hybrid zones, documenting range expansions (including new continents), and discovering new species and host plant associations through shared data and coordinated research.

“Leptocoris rubrolineatus may feed also on the California boxelder, and, if so, may have been carried (by man?) to those pockets of the southwest where it has been found, and where perhaps it feeds now on other boxelder varieties. Until we know more about the host plants of both Leptocoris species, speculation may be luxuriant, but fruitless.”
-1975 Re-assessment of North American Leptocoris