Genus Empicoris

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References

Empicoris sp. - Empicoris rubromaculatus

Thread-legged Bug - Empicoris rubromaculatus

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)

Genus Empicoris

Numbers

14 species in North America (nearctica.com)

Size

body length estimated 5-10 mm

Identification

forecoxae at least four times longer than wide, and extending beyond apex of head; femora, tibiae, and antennae banded black and white; forefemora thickened, elongate; wings slender, extending slightly beyond tip of abdomen

Range

much of United States and southern Canada

also occurs in several parts of the world

Habitat

on foliage or trunks/branches of trees and shrubs

Food

preys on terrestrial arthropods

Print References

Lattin, J.D. and K. Wetherill. 2001. Five species of Empicoris Wolff from Corylus cornuta and Corylus avellena in Oregon. (Oregon State U.)

Internet References

live adult image of the holarctic Empicoris culiciformis (H. Gunther, Germany)

pinned adult image of undetermined Empicoris species (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)

key to Reduviidae of Florida; PDF doc with line drawings (U. of Florida)

presence in British Columbia of E. vagabundus (U. of British Columbia)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 February, 2006 - 9:39pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone
Last updated 30 September, 2008 - 12:31pm

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