Ocelliemesina Wang, Wang, Cao & Cai

Wang, Jianyun, Wang, Baohai, Cao, Liangming & Cai, Wanzhi, 2015, Ocelliemesina sinica, the second ocelli-bearing genus and species of thread-legged bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae), Zootaxa 3936 (3), pp. 429-434 : 429-430

Ocelliemesina Wang, Wang, Cao & Cai , gen. nov.

Type species. Ocelliemesina sinica Wang, Wang, Cao & Cai , sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Macropterous, small-sized. Body slender, polished, with erect setae. Head longer than width across eyes; anteocular portion shorter than postocular; postclypeus even; ocelli present, well developed; first visible labial segment much longer than second; first antennal segment about as long as second and third segments combined. Pronotum longer than width; anterior lobe oblong; anterolateral angles present, extended bilaterally; posterior lobe trapezoidal; humeral angles not spined; apical spine of scutellum straight, slightly leaning backwards; metanotum lacking spine; legs slender; fore femur with two series of spines of different shapes; fore tibia with a series of spines; fore tarsi three-segmented; hemelytron with two cells, basal cell much smaller than discal cell; anal lobe of hind wing shorter than half of hind wing.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Etymology. The genus name comes from the presence of ocelli. Feminine.

Remarks. The new genus is the second member with ocelli of Emesinae . As Armstrongocoris, Ocelliemesina also belongs to the tribe Emesini , these two genera are common in bearing ocelli, but the differences are conspicuous. The anteocular portion of the new genus is shorter than postocular (vs. anteocular portion is longer than postocular in Armstrongocoris ); the postclypeus of the new genus is flattened (vs. postclypeus is plump in Armstrongocoris ); the fore wing of new genus has only two cells, basal cell and discal cell (vs. the fore wing has three cells in Armstrongocoris ).