Genus Emesaya

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Thread-Legged Bug, Emesaya brevipennis - Emesaya brevipennis

Giant Threadlegged Assassin Bug - Emesaya brevipennis

Thread-legged Assassin bug - Emesaya brevipennis

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 Emesaya

Numbers

Five spp in the U.S. (1)

Range

Throughout most of the U.S. (1)

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the True Bugs By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 9 November, 2006 - 2:28pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 August, 2008 - 3:02pm

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