Biology:Emesaya brevipennis
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Short description: Species of true bug
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Emesaya brevipennis is a New World species of assassin bug in the subfamily Emesinae. There are three subspecies, all of which occur in North America north of Mexico.[1]
The subspecies Emesaya b. brevipennis is the most widely distributed and is reported to be bivoltine in Southern Illinois.[2] This subspecies has 5 instars.[2]
E. brevipennis has been reported to rob spiders of their prey[3] and to prey upon spiders.[4] The species also will prey upon conspecifics, both in the larval and adult stage.[5]
References
- ↑ Froeschner, Richard C. (1988). "Family Reduviidae Latreille, 1807. The assassin bugs". Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill. pp. 616–651. ISBN 978-0-916846-44-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Life history and laboratory rearing of Emesaya B. Brevipennis". Florida Entomologist: 84(3) September 2001.. http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe84p410.pdf.
- ↑ Howard, L. O. 1901. The insect book. Doubleday. Page and Co. New York.
- ↑ Smith. J. B. 1910. A report of the insects of New Jersey-Hemiptera. Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum, p. 131-170.
- ↑ "Observations on the Life History and Behavior of the Thread-Legged Bug Emesaya b. brevipennis (Say), (Hemiptera: Ploiariidae)". Proc. of the Okla. Acad. of Sci.. 1962. Archived from the original on 2010-06-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20100625114935/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/OAS/oas_pdf/v43/p88_90.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q5371022 entry
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