Wygodzinsky, 1956 : 209
A systematic revision of the Australian ploiarioline thread-legged assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)
Tatarnic, Nikolai J.
Wall, Michael A.
Cassis, Gerasimos
Zootaxa
2011
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39GSJ
Wygodzinsky
Wygodzinsky
[151,537,1233,1259]
Insecta
Reduviidae
Emesopsis
Animalia
Hemiptera
7
8
Arthropoda
species
bunda
Emesopsis bunda Wygodzinsky, 1956: 209, figs. 109–116
Material examined. AUSTRALIA: Queensland: 1 ɗ, Centenary Lakes, Cairns, 16.9o S 145.7o E, December 1988, Zoo. Dept. Univ. Cant. N.Z. (QM)
Diagnosis.Recognized by the following combination of characters: M and Cu fused basal of discal cell, subquadrate subbasal cell present, M margin of subbasal cell scalloped, R+M apical of discal cell branched ( Fig. 5B); postocular region of head without tumid genal area; foreleg ( Fig. 5C) and hindleg ( Fig. 5A) colouration; body length ca. 4.8 mm.
Distribution.Endemic to Australia( Fig. 6).
Remarks. Wygodzinsky (1956)described this species from a single male specimen collected in Bundaberg, Queensland. Though we have not seen the holotype, the single male we have examined matches the original description. Little is known of this species.