Genus Anisoscelis Latreille, 1829

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1829 Anisoscelis Latreille, 197. Type species: Lygaeus foliaceus Fabricius, monotypic.

Diagnosis. (After Osuna, 1984) Body medium-sized. Head yellow ochre, dorsal surface darker, wider than long. Tylus and juga below the level of the antenniferous tubercles, antennal segments cylindrical, I shorter than twice the length of the head, II, III and IV thin and long. Pronotum inclined and dotted, anterolateral edges straight, humeral disc slightly high, shorter towards the posterolateral angles. Hind leg longer than forelegs, apex of femora armed with spines, posterior tibia with external expansion over almost the entire length of the tibia, sinuous, becoming thin towards the apex and concave internally. Corium brown, pronotum and scutellum may have metallic shine. Abdomen metallic green, dorsal areas in between segments brown. Pygophore subproctigeral sac, inner edge curved. Parameres curved, simple and elongated, distally spined. Spermatheca base thickened and bulb long.