The emesine assassin bug genus Empicoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species
Author
Ishikawa, Tadashi
Author
Truong, Xuan Lam
Author
Okajima, Shûji
text
Zootaxa
2012
3181
47
57
journal article
45511
10.5281/zenodo.279977
41ea3707-f034-4c6c-ac1f-ec010ba39479
1175-5326
279977
Empicoris minutus
Usinger
Empicoris minutus
Usinger, 1946: 45
; Ishikawa 2006: 3.
Type
locality: Inarajan,
Guam
.
Material examined.
Non-types: 13 3Ƥ (
VAST
and TUA) — [
Vietnam
] Vinh Phuc Province: 3Ƥ, Tam
Dao
,
16.v.2003
, T. X. Lam; 13, Me Linh,
7.vi.2003
, T. X. Lam.
Diagnosis.
Recognized by a combination of the following characters: posterior lobe of head a little more convex than anterior lobe, lacking tubercle behind interocular furrow; posterior pronotal lobe lacking tubercle posteromedially; lateral carina of posterior pronotal lobe less than half of posterior lobe; apicalmost blackish annulation on metafemur less than 1.5 times of distal whitish part; hemelytral pterostigma frequently tinged with red; pygophoral posterior process deeply incised; incision of pygophoral posterior process about 0.7 times as deep as length of posterior process; paramere clavate, strongly curved inwards in apical one-fourth, sparsely covered with setae in apical half; struts of phallus Y-shaped, widely bifurcate in apical one-third in dorsal view, with apical margin nearly straight in middle; styloides covered with about 2 setae at middle; and each arm of styloides widened at basal onethird. Body length
3.4–4.6 mm
.
Distribution.
Vietnam
(Vinh Phuc Prov.),
Japan
, Hawaiian Islands,
Mariana Islands
,
Samoa
,
Fiji
.