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Checklist for Subfamily Emesinae Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Thread-legged bugs)
and region Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
352
2671
5038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
351
2670
5037
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
343
2630
4959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
86
537
1084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
69
490
1016
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Reduvoidea
1
12
23
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyReduviidae
Latreille, 1807
Assassin and thread-legged bugs, Assassin Bug
12
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEmesinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Thread-legged bugs
6
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Puerto Rico
6 Genera with 13 Species
Emesa Dohrn, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Emesopsis Uhler, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Empicoris Wolff, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Ghilianella Spinola, 02SpeciesTaxom
Ghinallelia Wygodzinsky, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Ploiaria Scopoli, 19483SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Puerto Rico
13 Species
Emesa tenerrima Dohrn, 1860
Emesopsis nubila Uhler, 1893Thread-legged bug
Emesopsis nubilus (Uhler, 1894)⇒ Emesopsis nubila Uhler, 1893
Empicoris armatus Champion, 1898
Empicoris barberi McAtee & Mal..., 1923
Empicoris nudus McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Empicoris rubromaculatus Blackburn, 1888Thread bug
Ghilianella borincana
Ghilianella monense
Ghinallelia borincana Maldonado, 1939
Ploiaria maria Maldonado, 1948
Ploiaria poncei Maldonado, 1948
Ploiaria yunquensis Maldonado, 1948

Subnodes of Emesinae with occurrences in Puerto Rico
TribeEmesini
Amyot & Serville, 1843
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeLeistarchini
Van Duzee, 1916
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMetapterini
Stål, 1874
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePloiariolini
Van Duzee, 1916
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Emesinae at itis.gov