# Boisea

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{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Eastern Boxelder Bug - Flickr - treegrow.jpg
| image_caption = ''Boisea trivittata ''
| taxon = Boisea
| authority = [Kirkaldy](/source/George_Willis_Kirkaldy), 1910
| subdivision = 
*''[Boisea coimbatorensis](/source/Boisea_coimbatorensis)''
*''[Boisea fulcrata](/source/Boisea_fulcrata)''
*''[Boisea rubrolineata](/source/Boisea_rubrolineata)''
*''[Boisea trivittata](/source/Boisea_trivittata)''
}}

'''''Boisea''''' is the least speciose genus of the [soapberry bug](/source/Serinethinae) subfamily.  Members of this genus are found in North America, India, and Africa.<ref>Göllner-Scheiding, U. (1983): General-Katalog der Familie Rhopalidae (Heteroptera). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 59, 37-189.</ref> Unlike other serinethine genera, the distribution of ''Boisea'' is very patchy; it is speculated that its highly [vicariant](/source/vicariance) range is relictual of what was previously a much vaster, continuous range.<ref>Göllner-Scheiding, U. (1992): Material of the rhopalid genera Leptocoris Hahn, 1833, and Boisea Kirkaldy, 1910 (Heteroptera) from the collection of the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum at Leiden, The Netherlands. Zoologische Mededelingen 66, 277-282.</ref> The most well-known species of this genus are the North American '''boxelder bugs''' (western ''[Boisea rubrolineata](/source/Boisea_rubrolineata)'' and eastern ''[Boisea trivittata](/source/Boisea_trivittata)'') and African ''[Boisea fulcrata](/source/Boisea_fulcrata)''. The US species mainly feed on the seeds of [maple](/source/maple) trees and are occasional nuisance pests around homes.
thumb|''Boisea trivittata''

In North America, ''Boisea trivittata'' is native to most of the continental United States, excluding California, and also in center and Eastern regions of [Canada](/source/Canada), such as Ontario, Quebec, parts of Manitoba and the [Atlantic Provinces](/source/Atlantic_Provinces). <ref>{{cite web|title=Boisea trivittata|url=http://soapberrybug.org/01_cms/details.asp?ID=57|work=soapberrybug.org/|accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref> ''Boisea rubrolineata'' is native to western continental Canada, found in the distribution area of [boxelder maple](/source/boxelder_maple), such as the provinces of [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan), [Alberta](/source/Alberta) and [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), and in some places on the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boisea rubrolineata|url=http://soapberrybug.org/01_cms/details.asp?ID=56|publisher=soapberrybug.org|accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref>

Exocrine secretions of these bugs have also been extensively studied.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Aldrich|first=J.R.|author2=Carroll, S.P.|author3=Oliver, J.E.|author4=Lusby, W.R.|author5=Rudmann, A.A.|author6=Waters, R.M.|title=Exocrine secretions of scentless plant bugs: ''Jadera, Boisea'' and ''Niesthrea'' species|journal=Biochemical Systematics and Ecology|date=1990|volume=18|issue=5|pages=369–376|url=http://soapberrybug.org/_dbase_upl/AB1990.pdf|accessdate=12 March 2014|doi=10.1016/0305-1978(90)90010-d}}</ref>

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Category:Pentatomomorpha genera
Category:Hemiptera of North America
Category:Serinethinae
Category:Taxa named by George Willis Kirkaldy

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