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First record of the emesine assassin bug genus Emesopsis (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species
Author(s) -
ISHIKAWA Tadashi,
OKAJIMA Shûji
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2004.00062.x
Subject(s) - reduviidae , heteroptera , biology , musaceae , genus , zoology , hemiptera , key (lock) , botany , ecology
The emesine assassin bug genus Emesopsis is reported from Vietnam for the first time and is briefly diagnosed, and two new species of the genus, E. longipilosa and E. albispinosa , are described. They were collected by beating dead, drooping leaves of the banana, Musa acuminata (Musaceae).