Anisoscelini

Forthman, Michael, Miller, Christine W. & Kimball, Rebecca T., 2020, Phylogenomics of the Leaf-Footed Bug Subfamily Coreinae (Hemiptera: Coreidae), Insect Systematics and Diversity 4 (2020), No. 2, pp. 1-15 : 10

Polyphyly of Anisoscelini

The tribe Anisoscelini is a moderately sized group, with 183 species that exhibit a diversity of color patterns and morphology, particularly with the shape and size of the foliaceous expansions on the hind tibiae. Members of Anisoscelini were once divided among two tribes (Anisosceledini [or Anisoscelini ] and Leptoscelidini ), primarily based on the presence or absence of hind tibial expansions (e.g., Stål 1867, Schaefer 1965, Packauskas 1994). Schaefer (1965, 1968) classified both of these former tribes as members of the Acanthocephala -group with Acanthocephalini and Placoscelini . We find some support for Schaefer’s (1965, 1968) scheme, but we do not support his exclusion of Chelinideini and Hypselonotini from the Acanthocephala -group. The two distinct anisosceline lineages we recovered do not appear to correspond to previously proposed tribal classifications and phylogenetic hypotheses nor appear to be separated based on the presence of tibial expansions. Like Hypselonotini , careful evaluation of this tribe is needed to understand the extent of anisosceline polyphyly.