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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Tribe Anisoscelini

True Bug? - Leptoglossus oppositus Please ID - Leptoglossus occidentalis Leaf-footed Bug on Assateague Island - Leptoglossus occidentalis Leaf-footed bug sp.  with Nymphs? - Leptoglossus phyllopus Is this Western Conifer Seed Bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis ? - Leptoglossus occidentalis Leaf-footed Bugs - Leptoglossus zonatus Leaf-Footed Bug? - Leptoglossus zonatus Leptoglossus occidentalis - Western Conifer Seed Bug - Leptoglossus occidentalis
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
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)
Works Cited
1.Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0
2.Heteroptera of economic importance
Schaefer C.W., Panizzi A.R. (eds). 2000. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 828 pp.