Emesopsis imbellis (Horvath)

Tatarnic, Nikolai J., Wall, Michael A. & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2011, A systematic revision of the Australian ploiarioline thread-legged assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae), Zootaxa 2762, pp. 1-30 : 12

Emesopsis imbellis (Horvath)

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Hadrocranella imbellis Horvath, 1914: 648 , fig. 8

Emesopsis imbellis: Wygodzinsky, 1966: 363 , fig. 109

Material examined. AUSTRALIA: Queensland: 1 ɗ, West Claudie R., Iron Range, 12.45o S, 143.14o E, 50 m, 5–9 December 1985, G. Monteith, Rainforest, sieved litter.

Diagnosis. Diagnosed by the following combination of characters: forewing with a distinct dark circular spot near the apex of the discal cell (see Wygodzinsky 1966, fig. 109N); M and Cu becoming fused basal of discal cell forming a large triangular basal cell, large subquadrate subbasal cell present, R+M apical of discal cell weakly arched and distinctly branched; postocular region of head with tumid genal area; body length ca. 4.2 mm.

Distribution. Northern Queensland and New Guinea ( Fig. 6 ).

Remarks. The unique colour pattern of the forewing makes this species easily recognized. Previously known only from New Guinea, this species is represented in Australia by a single specimen collected from sieved litter by G. Monteith.

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FIGURE 6. Distribution of species of Emesopsis in Australia.