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Checklist for Subfamily Emesinae Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Thread-legged bugs)
and region USA (North America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1098
25856
148294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1092
25818
148242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
999
25344
146344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
208
3733
19744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
146
3252
17632
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Reduvoidea
1
95
254
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyReduviidae
Latreille, 1807
Assassin and thread-legged bugs, Assassin Bug
95
254
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEmesinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Thread-legged bugs
15
56
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for USA
15 Genera with 56 Species
Barce Stål, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Emesaya McAtee & Mal..., 19255SpeciesTaxom
Emesopsis Uhler, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Empicoris Wolff, 192513SpeciesTaxom
Gardena Dohrn, 19253SpeciesTaxom
Ghilianella Spinola, 02SpeciesTaxom
Ghinallelia Wygodzinsky, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Metapterus Costa, 02SpeciesTaxom
Myiophanes Reuter, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Nesidiolestes Kirkaldy, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Ploiaria Scopoli, 194816SpeciesTaxom
Pseudobargylia Wygodzinsky, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Saicella Usinger, 1958
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenolemoides McAtee and M..., 19091SpeciesTaxom
Stenolemus Signoret, 05SpeciesTaxom


Species list for USA
56 Species and 2 Subspecies
Barce fraterna Say, 1832
Barce neglecta McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Barce uhleri Banks, 1909
Barce werneri Wygodzinsky, 1966
Emesaya brevipennis Say, 1832Big western bittercress
Emesaya brevipennis brevipennis Say, 1832
Emesaya brevipennis occidentalis McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Emesaya incisa McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Emesaya lineata McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Emesopsis nubila Uhler, 1893Thread-legged bug
Empicoris armatus Champion, 1898
Empicoris barberi McAtee & Mal..., 1923
Empicoris culiciformis De Geer, 1773
Empicoris errabundus Say, 1832
Empicoris minutus Usinger, 1946Coriander
Empicoris nudus McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Empicoris orthoneuron McAtee & Mal..., 1925
Empicoris pulcher Blackburn, 1888Thread-legged bug
Empicoris rubromaculatus Blackburn, 1888Thread bug
Empicoris subparallelus McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Empicoris vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758
Empicoris whitei Blackburn, 1881Thread-legged bug
Empicoris winnemana McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Gardena elkinsi Wygodzinsky, 1966
Gardena messalina
Gardena poppaea McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella (Ghilianella) uncinata McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ghilianella monense
Ghinallelia borincana Maldonado, 1939
Ghinallelia globifera Bergroth, 1906
Ghinallelia productilis Barber, 1914
Metapterus uhleri
Metapterus wygodzinski
Nesidiolestes insularis Kirkaldy, 1908Parish's saltbush
Nesidiolestes roberti Wygodzinsky, 1966
Ploiaria (Ploiaria) hirticornis N.Banks, 1909
Ploiaria (Ploiaria) similis McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ploiaria aptera McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ploiaria carolina Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Ploiaria chilensis Philippi, 1862
Ploiaria denticauda McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ploiaria floridana Bergroth, 1922
Ploiaria insolida White, 1877Thread-legged bug
Ploiaria macrophthalma Dohrn, 1860Thread-legged bug
Ploiaria maculata
Ploiaria maria Maldonado, 1948
Ploiaria pilicornis McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ploiaria poncei Maldonado, 1948
Ploiaria setulifera McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ploiaria uniseriata McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Ploiaria yunquensis Maldonado, 1948
Pseudobargylia iuncea Erichson, 1842
Stenolemoides arizonensis Banks, 1909
Stenolemus (Stenolemus) pallidipennis McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Stenolemus hirtipes (McAtee & Mal..., 1925)⇒ Stenolemus lanipes Wygodzinsky, 1949
Stenolemus lanipes Wygodzinsky, 1949Broadleaf gilia
Stenolemus pristinus
Stenolemus spiniger

Subnodes of Emesinae with occurrences in USA
TribeEmesini
Amyot & Serville, 1843
4
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeLeistarchini
Van Duzee, 1916
1
16
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMetapterini
Stål, 1874
6
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePloiariolini
Van Duzee, 1916
4
16
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Emesinae at itis.gov