Emesopsis bunda Wygodzinsky

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 : 8

Emesopsis bunda Wygodzinsky

Figs. 5 A–C, 6

Emesopsis bunda Wygodzinsky, 1956: 209 , figs. 109–116

Material examined. AUSTRALIA: Queensland: 1 ɗ, Centenary Lakes, Cairns, 16.9o S 145.7o E, December 1988, Zoo. Dept. Univ. Cant. N.Z. (QM)

Diagnosis. Recognized by the following combination of characters: M and Cu fused basal of discal cell, subquadrate subbasal cell present, M margin of subbasal cell scalloped, R+M apical of discal cell branched ( Fig. 5 B); postocular region of head without tumid genal area; foreleg ( Fig. 5 C) and hindleg ( Fig. 5 A) colouration; body length ca. 4.8 mm.

Distribution. Endemic to Australia ( Fig. 6 ).

Remarks. Wygodzinsky (1956) described this species from a single male specimen collected in Bundaberg, Queensland. Though we have not seen the holotype, the single male we have examined matches the original description. Little is known of this species.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Emesopsis bunda. A. Hindleg. B. Forewing. C. Foreleg.

FIGURE 6. Distribution of species of Emesopsis in Australia.