Anisoscelis
Creators: name: Brailovsky, Harry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Coreidae
Anisoscelis

description: Key to the subgenera and species of Anisoscelis
1. Outer dilation of hind tibiae short, not reaching the apex of the tibia; hind tibia widely dilated; femora ventrally armed with two subapical spines and one row of acute spines extending along the total length; dorsal and ventral surface without metallic bluish-green reflections; collar laterally rounded......................................... .. Anisoscelis (Bitta) Osuna ...5
- Outer dilation of hind tibiae reaching the apex of the tibia; hind tibia not widely expanded; femora with only two subapical ventral spines; dorsal surface with metallic bluish-green reflections; ventral surface with or without metallic bluish-green reflections; collar laterally expanded on a short acute projection.................... Anisoscelis (Anisoscelis) Latreille ...2
2. Antennal segments II–III pale to dark yellow; posterior lobe of pronotal disk at midline with wide triangular metallic bluishgreen spot (Fig. 19).................................................................. .. A. (A.) scutellaris Stål
- Antennal segments II–III dark brown to black with basal and apical joint yellow; posterior lobe of pronotal disk without triangular metallic bluish-green spot.......................................................................... 3
3. Fore femur pale yellowish orange, lacking black longitudinal stripes; pale dark brown to black discoidal spot near posterior margin of mesopleura and close to the anterior lobe of metathoracic peritreme (Fig. 18).............. A. (A.) discolor (Stål)
- Fore femur with two complete or almost complete black longitudinal stripes; posterior margin of mesopleura without pale dark brown or black discoidal spot............................................................................4
4. Scutellum, clavus and corium with metallic bluish-green or bluish-purple reflections; pronotal disk with metallic bluish-green to bluish purple reflections except collar and calli pale to dark orange (Fig. 20)................ A. (A.) foliaceus (Fabricius)
- Scutellum pale brownish orange with apex yellow; clavus dark orange scattered with metallic bluish-green reflections; corium dark orange, frontal angles and anterolateral borders pale yellow, and posterolateral borders dark yellow and next a metallic bluish-green scattered reflections (Fig. 17)............................................. A. (A.) marginellus (Dallas)
5. Pronotum tricolored, posterolateral borders and posterior border yellow, with a black transverse band between humeri, the rest pale to dark orange....................................................................................6
- Pronotum never tricolored, usually orange with posterolateral borders and posterior border yellow, lacking black transverse band................................................................................................ 8
6. Posterior lobe of pronotum tricolor, posterolateral borders and posterior border yellow, next a black transversal band, and the rest pale to dark orange................................................................................. 6
- Posterior lobe of pronotum never tricolor, usually orange with posterolateral borders and posterior border yellow (black transversal band absent).................................................................................... 8
7. Antenniferous tubercles, postocular surface, ocellar tubercle and neck black; humeral angles stout, directed laterally (Fig. 24)................................................................................. A. (B.) gradadius Distant
- Antenniferous tubercles, postocular surface, ocellar tubercle and neck pale yellow to pale yellowish orange; humeral angles subacute, directed backward............................................................................. 7
8. Clavus shiny reddish with the margin next to the scutellum black; corium shiny reddish with apical and costal borders yellow and next to costal border a black longitudinal stripe (Fig. 25).......................... A. (B.) hymenipherus Westwood
- Clavus and corium black with claval and corial veins and apical and costal margin yellow (Fig. 23)................................................................................................. A. (B.) alipes Guérin-Méneville
9. Femora yellow with two complete dark brown longitudinal stripes; antennal segments II–III dark brown (Fig. 26)............................................................................. A. (B.) podalicus (Brailovsky & Mayorga)
- Femora pale yellowish orange without dark brown longitudinal stripes or if present are short and restricted to the anterior third; antennal segments II–III pale yellowish orange to castaneous orange............................................. 9
10. Femora entirely yellowish orange; claval and corial veins unicolorous with the reddish to dark orange surface; humeral angles tiny, subacute, directed backward (Fig. 22)............................................... A. (B.) affinis Westwood
- Femora yellowish orange with short dark brown longitudinal stripe restricted to the anterior third; claval and corial veins pale yellow, contrasting with the reddish castaneous surface; humeral angles broad, slightly expanded, directed laterally (Fig. 21).................................................................................. .. A. (B.) luridus sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Brailovsky, Harry, 2016, The genus Anisoscelis Latreille (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini): new species, taxonomical arrangements, distributional records and key, pp. 195-210 in Zootaxa 4144 (2) on page 197, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/272052