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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anisoscelidini
Explanation of Names
Anisoscelini Laporte 1832
Numbers
20 spp. in 4 genera in our area, ~160 spp. in 28 genera worldwide(1)
Range
New World, primarily neotropical, with one sp. (Leptoglossus occidentalis) reaching Canada; L. gonagra pantropical, L. occidentalis introduced to Europe(1)(2)