Hypselonotini

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 Hypselonotini

With 356 species, the Hypselonotini is the most speciose tribe within the family Coreidae . This tribe has not been formally described or diagnosed even when it was first recognized by Bergroth (1913). Over the last three decades, a number of genera currently recognized within the Hypselonotini (CoreoideaSF Team 2019) have been previously treated as members of the Coreini (e.g., Brailovsky 1988, 1990, 1995, 2016; Packauskas 1994). Members of this tribe have not been included in published phylogenetic analyses and, to our knowledge, appear to have only been examined by Schaefer (1965) in his comparative morphological study (treated as part of Coreini ). Our study supports the exclusion of the sampled hypselonotine genera from the Coreini but not the monophyly of this large tribe; five independent lineages were robustly supported in our analyses. Of these, only the taxonomic position of Hypselonotus within the Hypselonotus + Chariesterini + Merocorini was not congruent across analyses. It is evident from our results that the taxonomic status of Hypselonotini is in further need of evaluation. Including additional genera of this tribe will provide further insights into the extent of hypselonotine polyphyly.