''Anisoscelis discolor'' is a species of

leaf-footed bug Coreidae is a large family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus '' Coreus'', which derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning bedbug. As a family, the Coreidae ...

in the family

Coreidae Coreidae is a large family (biology), family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus ''Coreus'', which derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning bedbug. As a fam ...

endemic to Ecuador. It was first described by Swedish entomologist

Carl Stål Carl Stål (21 March 1833 – 13 June 1878) was a Swedish people, Swedish entomologist specialising in Hemiptera. He was born at Karlberg Castle, Stockholm on 21 March 1833 and died at Frösundavik near Stockholm on 13 June 1878. He was the son ...

in 1854. Stål originally described the species as coming from "Taiti" (sic). However, Brailovsky (2016) notes that the ''

Anisoscelis ''Anisoscelis'' is a genus of leaf-footed bugs in the family Coreidae. There are about 11 described species in the genus ''Anisoscelis''. Species These 11 species belong to the genus ''Anisoscelis'': * ''Anisoscelis affinis'' Westwood, 1840 (fla ...

'' genus has an exclusive Neotropical distribution and the original data must have been the result of a mistaken label.''''

References

Insects described in 1854 discolor Invertebrates of Ecuador {{Coreidae-stub