Serinethinae

Vilímová, Jitka & Rohanová, Markéta, 2010, The external morphology of eggs of three Rhopalidae species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with a review of the eggs of this family, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1), pp. 75-95 : 87

Serinethinae

Characterization of serinethine eggs is based on brief descriptions of Jadera choprai Göllner-Scheiding, 1979 , Leptocoris augur (Fieber, 1781) , Leptocoris mitellata Bergroth, 1916 and Leptocoris tagalica Burmeister, 1834 (see Table 1). Egg, nearly round, with finely and irregularly dimpled chorion, with six ( Jadera ) to 22–45 ( Leptocoris ) micropylar processes arranged in one ( Jadera ) or two ( Leptocoris ) broad circles (11–22 processes in one circle). A short attachment stalk of the egg of L. augur was referred to as a pedicel by MALHOTRA (1958) and SCHAEFER & KOTULSKI (2000). The presence of such a stalk has not been mentioned in other serinethine species (e.g. KUMAR 1966).