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Genus Anisoscelis

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)
Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)
Subfamily Coreinae
Tribe Anisoscelini
Genus Anisoscelis
Explanation of Names
Anisoscelis Latreille 1829
Numbers
A single species in our area, 11 spp. total(1)
Identification
metatibial expansion huge, as wide and almost as long as the bug's body
Range
neotropical genus ranging into southernmost TX (Sabal Palm Grove, Brownsville)
Food
Passionflowers (Passifloraceae)
Remarks
Not listed in(2)
Works Cited
1.Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 November, 2009 - 2:28am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 16 October, 2013 - 10:02am

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