Emesaya brevipennis

Emesaya brevipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Genus:	Emesaya
Species:	E. brevipennis
Binomial name
	Emesaya brevipennis; Say

Last updated November 12, 2025

Emesaya brevipennis is a New World species of assassin bug in the subfamily Emesinae. There are three subspecies, all of which occur in North America north of Mexico.^[1]

The subspecies Emesaya b. brevipennis is the most widely distributed and is reported to be bivoltine in Southern Illinois.^[2] This subspecies has 5 instars.^[2]

E. brevipennis has been reported to rob spiders of their prey^[3] and to prey upon spiders.^[4] The species also will prey upon conspecifics, both in the larval and adult stage.^[5]

References

↑ Froeschner, Richard C. (1988). "Family Reduviidae Latreille, 1807. The assassin bugs". In Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C. (eds.). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill. pp. 616–651. ISBN 978-0-916846-44-2.
1 2 Hagerty, A.M.; McPherson, J.E. & Bradshaw, J.D. "Life history and laboratory rearing of Emesaya B. Brevipennis" (PDF). Florida Entomologist: 84(3) September 2001.
↑ Howard, L. O. 1901. The insect book. Doubleday. Page and Co. New York.
↑ Smith. J. B. 1910. A report of the insects of New Jersey-Hemiptera. Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum, p. 131-170.
↑ Harley P. Brown; David W. Lollis (1962). "Observations on the Life History and Behavior of the Thread-Legged Bug Emesaya b. brevipennis (Say), (Hemiptera: Ploiariidae)" (PDF). Proc. of the Okla. Acad. of Sci. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-25.

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[1] Froeschner, Richard C. (1988). "Family Reduviidae Latreille, 1807. The assassin bugs". In Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C. (eds.). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill. pp. 616–651. ISBN 978-0-916846-44-2.

[Hagerty-2] 1 2 Hagerty, A.M.; McPherson, J.E. & Bradshaw, J.D. "Life history and laboratory rearing of Emesaya B. Brevipennis" (PDF). Florida Entomologist: 84(3) September 2001.

[3] Howard, L. O. 1901. The insect book. Doubleday. Page and Co. New York.

[4] Smith. J. B. 1910. A report of the insects of New Jersey-Hemiptera. Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum, p. 131-170.

[5] Harley P. Brown; David W. Lollis (1962). "Observations on the Life History and Behavior of the Thread-Legged Bug Emesaya b. brevipennis (Say), (Hemiptera: Ploiariidae)" (PDF). Proc. of the Okla. Acad. of Sci. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-25.

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