taxonID	type	description	language	source
CFBDE71DAF425B459862DCD69BD78687.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Embiophila can be distinguished from other genera of Plokiophilidae by the following combination of characters: head lacking elongate neck behind eyes; legs relatively short and stout; fore and mid femora armed ventrally with spines; tarsi two-segmented, relatively short; hemelytron with distinct cuneus; pygophore tubular.	en	Xiong, Haoyang, Chen, Zhuo, Li, Hu, Cai, Wanzhi (2025): First record of silk-loving genus Embiophila (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Plokiophilidae) from Asia, with description of a new species from China. ZooKeys 1248: 295-307, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1248.155672
CFBDE71DAF425B459862DCD69BD78687.taxon	distribution	Diversity and distribution. The genus currently contains four species, one from the Afrotropical Region (Carayon 1974), two from the Neotropical Region (China 1953; Carpintero and Dellapé 2005), and one described herein from the Oriental Region (Fig. 5).	en	Xiong, Haoyang, Chen, Zhuo, Li, Hu, Cai, Wanzhi (2025): First record of silk-loving genus Embiophila (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Plokiophilidae) from Asia, with description of a new species from China. ZooKeys 1248: 295-307, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1248.155672
AE716788662A5523B3029AB582CB91E2.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3, 4 Chinese common name: 中华喜丝蝽	en	Xiong, Haoyang, Chen, Zhuo, Li, Hu, Cai, Wanzhi (2025): First record of silk-loving genus Embiophila (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Plokiophilidae) from Asia, with description of a new species from China. ZooKeys 1248: 295-307, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1248.155672
AE716788662A5523B3029AB582CB91E2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species is recognized within the genus by the following combination of characters: body length 1.9 – 2.2 mm, generally dark reddish brown; fore femora armed ventrally with 10 spines arranged in two rows (each with five) (Fig. 3 C); mid femora armed ventrally with 13 spines arranged in two rows, outer with 11 and inner with two (Fig. 3 D); exocorium with ca. 60 corial glands (Fig. 3 A).	en	Xiong, Haoyang, Chen, Zhuo, Li, Hu, Cai, Wanzhi (2025): First record of silk-loving genus Embiophila (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Plokiophilidae) from Asia, with description of a new species from China. ZooKeys 1248: 295-307, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1248.155672
AE716788662A5523B3029AB582CB91E2.taxon	description	Description. Macropterous male and female (Fig. 1). Colouration. Generally dark reddish brown. Tylus fulvous; eyes blackish brown; ocelli red. Antennal segment I dark yellowish brown; segments II – IV light brown. Labium yellowish brown. Scutellum and mesosternum reddish brown, slightly paler medially. Legs: coxae reddish brown; trochanters reddish brown, paler; femora dark yellowish brown, with spines on fore and mid femora black; tibiae light yellowish brown; tarsi light yellowish brown, with basal and apical parts paler. Hemelytra light brown to dark brown; corium and clavus light brown, with cuneus slightly darker; membrane light greyish brown. Anterior margin of hind wings with dark brown shading; nervures dark brown (Fig. 2 B).	en	Xiong, Haoyang, Chen, Zhuo, Li, Hu, Cai, Wanzhi (2025): First record of silk-loving genus Embiophila (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Plokiophilidae) from Asia, with description of a new species from China. ZooKeys 1248: 295-307, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1248.155672
AE716788662A5523B3029AB582CB91E2.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is a Latin adjective and refers to China, the country of the type locality of the new species.	en	Xiong, Haoyang, Chen, Zhuo, Li, Hu, Cai, Wanzhi (2025): First record of silk-loving genus Embiophila (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Plokiophilidae) from Asia, with description of a new species from China. ZooKeys 1248: 295-307, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1248.155672
AE716788662A5523B3029AB582CB91E2.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Yunnan: Pu’er) (Fig. 5).	en	Xiong, Haoyang, Chen, Zhuo, Li, Hu, Cai, Wanzhi (2025): First record of silk-loving genus Embiophila (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Plokiophilidae) from Asia, with description of a new species from China. ZooKeys 1248: 295-307, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1248.155672
