Biology:Anisoscelis
Anisoscelis is a genus of leaf-footed bugs in the family Coreidae. The genus Anisoscelis formerly includes some species that are now separated into the genus Bitta. In the genus Bitta, the leaf like broadening on the hind leg does not reach the distal tip of the tibia.[1][2][3][4][5] Bitta affinis has sometimes been called as the flag-footed bug, and Bitta alipes has been called the matador bug, although the name could apply to many others. Several species slowly move their hind legs alternating from left to right and it is believed that this helps them evade potential predators, since they perform the actions when faced with potential predators rather than with conspecifics.[6]
Species
The following species are included in the genus Anisoscelis:
| Species | Image |
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| Anisoscelis caeruleipennis Guérin-Méneville, 1838 | |
| Anisoscelis discolor Stål, 1854 | |
| Anisoscelis foliaceus Fabricius, 1803 | 
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| Anisoscelis marginellus Dallas, 1852 | .jpg)
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| Anisoscelis scutellaris Stål, 1870 | 
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Nota bene: The species (affinis, alipes, gradadius, hymenipherus, luridus, and podalicus) were treated as a subgenus or genus Bitta[7] while one species (caeruleipennis) is a disputed member of the Anisoscelis genus.[8]
| Species | Image |
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| Bitta affinis (Westwood, 1840) | 
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| Bitta alipes (Guérin-Méneville, 1833) | 
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| Bitta podalica (Brailovsky & Mayorga, 1995) | .jpg)
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| Bitta lurida (Brailovsky, 2016) | .jpg)
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| Bitta hymeniphera (Westwood, 1840) | .jpg)
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| Bitta gradadius (Distant, 1881) | 
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References
- ↑ Jr, John M. Leavengood; Brailovksy, Harry; Barrera, Ernesto (2024-02-21). "Studies in the New World tribe Anisoscelini Laporte, 1832 (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae): updated distributions, nomenclatural changes, and keys to the genera of the tribe and the species of Anisoscelis Latreille, 1829 and Bitta Osuna, 1984" (in en). Zootaxa 5415 (2): 241–268. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5415.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5415.2.2.
- ↑ "Anisoscelis Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=994556. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Anisoscelis". https://www.gbif.org/species/4389447. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Anisoscelis genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/350362. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ Webb, Nick; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Anisoscelis Latreille, 1829". http://Coreoidea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1187464. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ↑ Longbottom, Cameron; Falk, Jay J.; Greenway, E.V; Johnson, Meredith G.; Ramos, Christian; Rößler, Daniela C.; Rubin, Juliette J.; Somjee, Ummat (2022). "Why does the Matador Bug, Anisoscelis alipes (Hemiptera: Coreidae), Wave its Brightly Colored Legs?" (in en). Journal of Insect Behavior 35 (5-6): 171–182. doi:10.1007/s10905-022-09809-0. ISSN 0892-7553. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10905-022-09809-0.
- ↑ Brailovsky, Harry (2016-07-27). "The genus Anisoscelis Latreille (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini): new species, taxonomical arrangements, distributional records and key". Zootaxa 4144 (2): 195–210. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27470848. http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4144.2.3.
- ↑ "Coreoidea Species File". http://coreoidea.speciesfile.org/HomePage/Coreoidea/HomePage.aspx.
Further reading
- Packauskas, Richard (2010). Catalog of the Coreidae, or Leaf-Footed Bugs, of the New World. Fort Hays Studies Series. 71. ISBN 978-0-615-23109-9. https://scholars.fhsu.edu/fort_hays_studies_series/71/.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q20828467 entry
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