Chinemesa

Chinemesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Emesinae
Tribe:	Emesini
Genus:	Chinemesa; Wygodzinsky, 1966

Last updated March 19, 2019

Chinemesa is a little-known genus of thread-legged bug (Emesinae) apparently endemic to Borneo. Only four species have been described and the three described by Wygodzinsky in 1966 have not been observed since.^[1]

The Emesinae, or thread-legged bugs, are a subfamily of the Reduviidae. They are conspicuously different from the other reduviids by their very slender body form. They are stalking, predatory insects that can be collected on palm fronds, cliffs, spider webbing, or near lights at night. They walk on their mid and hind legs; the front pair is raptorial. Some groups specialize on spiders. Very little is known about emesines except that many species are found in the tropics. Pedro Wygodzinsky wrote the most recent revision of this group.

Borneo is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra.

Species list

Chinemesa feminata Wygodzinsky, 1966
Chinemesa murudiana Wygodzinsky, 1966
Chinemesa poiana Wygodzinsky, 1966
Chinemesa uniannulata Redei, 2007

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References

↑ Redei (2007). "A new species of Chinemesa Wygodzinsky, 1966 from Borneo (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 150: 213–218, Figs. 1–19.

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[1] Redei (2007). "A new species of Chinemesa Wygodzinsky, 1966 from Borneo (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 150: 213–218, Figs. 1–19.