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GoI: Emesaya - Stilt-Legged Bugs(f Reduviidae subf Emesinae)GoI: Emesaya - Stilt-Legged Bugs(f Reduviidae subf Emesinae)Small to long body sized assassins, with extremely thin (thread-like you might even say) legs. Emesaya species range from something like 5mm BL to 35+mm bodylength. First pair of legs are raptorial and bear superficial resemblence to mantid legs, as do Emesaya somewhat resemble mantids. Emesaya also resemble very thin walking sticks. http://nearctica.com/nomina/hemips/heterol.htm#anchor250819 has five species in North America. At least one can be found in CA 
Emesaya McAtee and Malloch 1925 Emesaya banksi McAtee and Malloch 1925 (Emesaya) Emesaya brevicoxa Banks 1909 (Emesa) Emesaya brevipennis Say 1828 (Ploiaria) - {Giant} Thread-legged {Assassin} Bug Emesaya incisa McAtee and Malloch 1925 (Emesaya) Emesaya lineata McAtee and Malloch 1925 (Emesaya) |
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LIT Usinger RL. 1941. Rediscovery of Emesaya brevicoxa and its occurrence in the webs of spiders. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 36:206–208. "thread-legged bug (Emesaya brevicoxa) 213" Index of Handbook of Urban Insects and Arachnids William H Robinson http://assets.cambridge.org/97805...535/index/9780521812535_index.pdf |
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