Empicoris rubromaculatus (Blackburn)

Ishikawa, Tadashi, Truong, Xuan Lam & Okajima, Shûji, 2012, The emesine assassin bug genus Empicoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3181, pp. 47-57 : 48

Empicoris rubromaculatus (Blackburn)

Ploiariodes rubromaculatus Blackburn, 1889: 349 . Type locality: Hawaii. For synonymy, see Putshkov and Putshkov (1996).

Material examined. Non-types: 43 5Ƥ ( VAST and TUA) — [ Vietnam] Vinh Phuc Province: 1Ƥ, Tam Dao, 970 m alt., N21°28ʹ24ʺ E105°38ʹ22ʺ, 30.v.2011, light trap, T. Ishikawa et al.; 33 3Ƥ, Tam Dao, 16.v.2003, T. X. Lam; 13, Mae Linh, 14.vii.2001, T. X. Lam; 13, Me Linh, 10–12.vi.2002, T. X. Lam.

Diagnosis. Recognized by a combination of the following characters: posterior lobe of head almost same as anterior lobe in level of dorsal elevation, lacking tubercle behind interocular furrow; posterior pronotal lobe lacking tubercle posteromedially; lateral carina of posterior pronotal lobe less than half of posterior lobe; apicalmost blackish annulation on metafemur 1.5 times or more than 1.5 times as long as distal whitish part; hemelytral pterostigma frequently tinged with red; pygophoral posterior process flattened, deeply incised medially; incision of pygophoral posterior process about 0.8 times as deep as length of posterior process; paramere clavate, turned inwards in apical one-sixth, densely covered with setae in apical half; struts of phallus Y-shaped, widely bifurcate in apical one-third in dorsal view, with apical margin wholly arcuate; and styloides covered with 5 or more setae at middle; and each arm of styloides widened at basal one-third. Body length 4.1–6.1 mm.

Distribution. Vietnam (Vinh Phuc Prov.); worldwide.