Emesopsis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Cimicomorpha
Superfamilia: Reduvioidea

Familia: Reduviidae
Subfamilia: Emesinae
Tribus: Ploiariolini
Genus: Emesopsis
Species (34): E. aberrans – E. aemula – E. albispinosa – E. amoenus – E. bellulus – E. bifurcata – E. bunda – E. cirratus – E. decoris – E. ernsti – E. fenestrella – E. gaius – E. gallienus – E. habros – E. hadrian – E. heissi – E. imbellis – E. impar – E. infenestra – E. kazutakai – E. longipilosa – E. medusa – E. monteithi – E. nero – E. nubila – E. obsoletus – E. pallidicoxa – E. parvispinea – E. plagiata – E. scitulus – E. spicatus – E. streiti – †E. putshkovi – †E. similis
Name

Emesopsis Uhler, 1893: 718

Gender: feminine (ICZN Article 30.1.2)

References

Popov, Yu.A. & Chłond, D. 2015. The first fossil record of the Emesinae genus Emesopsis Uhler (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4039(4): 566–574. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.4.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Emesopsis is a genus of tropical bugs (Heteroptera) from the family Reduviidae.[1] There are at least 22 described species,[2][3] of which one, E. nubila, also occurs in southern Europe.

The representatives of this genus are mostly relatively small, and measure a few millimeters to about one centimeter.

They move, as is common for the bugs of the subfamily Emesinae, with their back and middle legs. The raptorial front legs serve to capture prey. With them, the prey is captured, then bitten through with the mandibles and carried away. Then it is drained, which can sometimes take half an hour. Emesopsis prey on a variety of insect groups, ranging from beetles, bugs, flies, to springtails.
Habitat and distribution

The species of the genus Emesopsis be found both in agricultural and forest ecosystems.

They occur primarily in tropical Asia (e.g. India, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan, New Guinea) and Australia (e.g. E. bunda in Queensland). Only E. nubila is pantropical, probably a consequence of the spread of global trade.[4]
partial species list

Emesopsis aberrans (Distant, 1909)
Emesopsis aemula (Horvath, 1914)
Emesopsis albispinosa Ishikawa & Okajima, 2004
Emesopsis amoenus Wygodzinsky & Usinger, 1960
Emesopsis bellulus Wygodzinsky & Usinger, 1960
Emesopsis bunda Wygodzinsky, 1956
Emesopsis decoris Wygodzinsky & Usinger, 1960
Emesopsis gaius McAtee & Malloch, 1926
Emesopsis gallienus McAtee & Malloch, 1926
Emesopsis habros Wygodzinsky & Usinger, 1960
Emesopsis hadrian McAtee & Malloch, 1926 Hadrian
Emesopsis imbellis (Horvath, 1914)
Emesopsis infenestra Tatarnic, Wall & Cassis, 2011
Emesopsis longipilosa Ishikawa & Okajima, 2004
Emesopsis medusa (Kirkaldy, 1908)
Emesopsis nero McAtee & Malloch, 1926
Emesopsis nubila Uhler, 1893
Emesopsis obsoletus McAtee & Malloch, 1926
Emesopsis pallidicoxa (Usinger, 1946)
Emesopsis plagiatus Miller, 1941
Emesopsis scitulus Wygodzinsky & Usinger, 1960
Emesopsis spicatus McAtee & Malloch, 1926
Emesopsis streiti Kovac & Yang, 1995

References

Tadashi Ishikawa, Shûji Okajima: The assassin bug genus Emesopsis (Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Emesinae) in Thailand. In: Hug the Bug (Hrsg. Wolfgang Rabitsch). Denisia 19: 457-474. ISBN 978-3-85474-161-9 (2006). Denisia 19: 457-474. ISBN 978-3-85474-161-9 (2006).
Tadashi Ishikawa, Tomohide Yasunaga: The emesine sassassin bug genus Emesopsis (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Japan. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 147: 221-228 (2004).
Tadashi Ishikawa, Shûji Okajima: First record of the emesine assassin bug genus Emesopsis (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species. Entomological Science 7: 163-170 (2004).
Damir Kovac, CM Yang (1995). "A New Species of Emesopsis Uhler, 1893 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Peninsular Malaysia, with notes on its biology" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 43: 453-462.