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Anisoscelis Latreille 1829

Description

Genus Anisoscelis Latreille, 1829

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1829 Anisoscelis Latreille, 197. Type species: Lygaeus foliaceus Fabricius, monotypic.

Diagnosis. (After Osuna, 1984) Body medium-sized. Head yellow ochre, dorsal surface darker, wider than long. Tylus and juga below the level of the antenniferous tubercles, antennal segments cylindrical, I shorter than twice the length of the head, II, III and IV thin and long. Pronotum inclined and dotted, anterolateral edges straight, humeral disc slightly high, shorter towards the posterolateral angles. Hind leg longer than forelegs, apex of femora armed with spines, posterior tibia with external expansion over almost the entire length of the tibia, sinuous, becoming thin towards the apex and concave internally. Corium brown, pronotum and scutellum may have metallic shine. Abdomen metallic green, dorsal areas in between segments brown. Pygophore subproctigeral sac, inner edge curved. Parameres curved, simple and elongated, distally spined. Spermatheca base thickened and bulb long.

Notes

Published as part of Coscarón, María Del Carmen & Pall, José Luis, 2015, The Tribe Anisoscelini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Coreidae) in Argentina, pp. 411-426 in Zootaxa 4033 (3) on page 413, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/233620

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Coreidae
Genus
Anisoscelis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Latreille
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Anisoscelis Latreille, 1829 sec. Coscarón & Pall, 2015

References

  • Latreille, P. A. (1829) Suite et fin des insectes. In: Cuvier, M. B. (Ed.), Reigne animal distribue d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparee. Vol. 5. nouvelle edition. Deterville, Paris. I - xiv, 1 - 556 pp.
  • Osuna, E. (1984) Monografia de la Tribu Anisoscelini (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Coreidae) I. Revision Generica. Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana. N. S. 3 (5 - 8) 77 - 148 pp.