Emesa tenerrima

Emesa tenerrima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Emesinae
Tribe: Emesini
Genus: Emesa
Species:
E. tenerrima
Binomial name
Emesa tenerrima
(Dohrn, 1860)


Emesa tenerrima is a thread-legged bug from the genus Emesa. It is found in semi-evergreen forest in Puerto Rico. E. tenerrima lives in the webs of the spider Modisimus signatus which it also physically resembles.

References

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20120307184843/http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=2051251&q=Ghilianella&uid=788329544&setcookie=yes
  • Santiago-Blay, JA; Maldonado-Capriles, J (1988). "Observations on the true bugs Emesa tenerrima, a possible spider mimic, and Ghilianella borincana (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from Puerto Rico". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 90 (3): 369–372.


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