Subfamily Emesinae - Thread-legged Bugs

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Habitat · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Thread-Legged Bug, Emesaya brevipennis - Emesaya brevipennis

Nymph Thread legged bug? Or Assassin bug?

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs)

Subfamily Emesinae (Thread-legged Bugs)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Considered by some to be a separate family: Ploiariidae. (1)

Size

Most northern sp. 30-35mm, southern sp. 5-10mm (1)

Identification

These bugs resemble small walking-sticks. (1)

Habitat

Cellars and old buildings. (1)

See Also

Hydrometridae - Marsh-treaders

Berytidae - Stilt Bugs

Print References

Borror & White, p. 120, illustratation on p. 121 (1)

Pedro W. Wygodzinsky, A monograph of the Emesinae (Reduviidae, Hemiptera). Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 133 (2)

Works Cited

1.	A Field Guide to Insects By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson

2.	A monograph of the Emesinae (Reduviidae, Hemiptera) By Pedro W. Wygodzinsky

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, cotinis, Bradshaw
Last updated 16 April, 2007 - 8:48pm

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