The genus Anisoscelis Latreille (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini): new species, taxonomical arrangements, distributional records and key Author Brailovsky, Harry text Zootaxa 2016 4144 2 195 210 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.3 0f68b3cc-7988-47c3-9061-26f5b311ba60 1175-5326 272052 162AB563-5041-46E7-AEE2-8F0063D0D11F Anisoscelis ( Bitta ) hymenipherus Westwood ( Figs. 13–14 , 25 ) Anisoscelis hymenipherus Westwood, 1840 : 275 . Bitta flavolineata osunai Brailovsky & Mayorga, 1995 : 200 –202. Nov. Syn. Diagnosis. Head pale orange; pronotum tricolored, posterolateral and posterior border yellow, with black transverse band between humeri, the rest pale to dark orange; scutellum black, lateral margins, middle longitudinal stripe and apex yellow; clavus shiny reddish; corium pale reddish orange, costal and apical border yellow, with inner incomplete black longitudinal stripe; inner margin of corium next to clavus black; hemelytral membrane dark brown; connexivum dark brown; dorsal abdominal segments dark brown, anterior border usually yellow; antennal segment I black, inner surface dark yellow, segments II–III black and IV pale brown with apical third dark orange; ventral surface pale yellow; labial segments I–III pale yellow, IV black; coxae pale yellow; trochanters pale yellow with two black longitudinal stripes; femora pale yellow with two complete black longitudinal stripes; fore and middle tibiae yellow with two complete longitudinal stripes; hind tibiae with inner expansion dark reddish with posterior border black, proximal angle and middle third pale orange; outer expansion dark reddish with proximal and distal third dark to pale yellow and middle third with transverse dark to pale yellow stripe with 5 to 8 irregular black spots; tarsi pale yellow. Labium almost reaching posterior margin of abdominal sternite IV; humeral angles subacute, directed back ward. Parameres. Figs. 13–14 . FIGURES 13–16. Parameres of Anisoscelis ( Bitta ) spp., in two views. 13–14, A . ( B .) hymenipherus Westwood. 15–16, A. ( B .) luridus sp. nov. Notes. Anisoscelis ( B. ) alipes Westwood, 1840 , A. ( B. ) gradadius Distant, 1881 , and A. ( B. ) hymenipherus Westwood, 1840 form a natural group of species characterized by having the pronotum tricolored, with posterolateral and posterior border yellow, next to a black transverse band between the humeri, the remainder pale to dark orange; scutellum black with lateral margins, middle longitudinal stripe, and apex yellow; antennal segment I black, inner surface pale to dark yellow; trochanters, femora and fore and middle tibiae pale yellow with two complete black longitudinal stripes. Anisoscelis ( B. ) hymenypherus is recognized by having the clavus shiny reddish, with its margin next to scutellum black, corium shiny reddish with apical and costal borders yellow and having a black longitudinal stripe next to costal border. The other two species have a black clavus and corium with claval and corial veins, and apical and costal margin yellow. In A. ( B. ) alipes and A. ( B. ) hymenipherus the head dorsally is pale yellow to pale orange, and in A. ( B. ) gradadius pale yellow with antenniferous tubercle, postocular area, ocellar tubercle and neck black. The humeral angles in A. ( B. ) alipes and A. ( B. ) hymenipherus are narrow, subacute, and directed backwards and in A. ( B. ) gradadius stout, and directed laterally. Distribution. Colombia : Boyaca ( Casanare , Aguaclara, Hacienda Don Antonio) and Tolima . Venezuela : Aragua (Maracay, El Limón , Rancho Grande), Arzoategui ( Valle Guanape, near to Tucusito), and Mérida (Parroquia) ( Brailovsky & Mayorga 1995 ). Type material examined. Holotype , male, Venezuela , Estado Aragua , El Limon , Maracay , 15-VII-1976 , leg. J. M. Ayala ( UNAM ) . Material examined. New records. Surinam : 1 male , Nickerie , Mozes Kreek , 26-VI-1974 , leg. D. Engleman ( UMRM ) . Trinidad ( West Indies ): Carriker , heights of Aripo , VIII– IX-1909 (without collector) ( UNAM ) ; 1 male , Arima Valley, Simla , Beebs Tropical Res., 27-IV-1976 , 3-VII-1976 , leg. C. B. & H. V. Weemer ( UNAM ) ; 1 male , St. George Co. , Simla House, N Arima , 10°41’N –61°17’W, 26–30-V-1997 , leg. M. L. Pickles (CNC).