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 tesselatoides Usinger et Wygodzinsky Empicoris tessellatus McAtee et Malloch [nec Bergroth], 1926: 129, 131. Preoccupied. Type locality: Singapore . Empicoris tesselatoides Wygodzinsky et Usinger, 1960 : 267 (new replacement name for Empicoris tessellatus McAtee et Malloch ). Material examined. Non-types: 23 ( VAST and TUA) — [ Vietnam ] Phu Tho Province: 13, Xuan Son, Thanh Son, 12.vi.2003 , T. X. Lam. Hai Phong Province: 13, Cat Ba, Cat Hai, 10.v.2003 , T. X. Lam. Diagnosis. Recognized by a combination of the following characters: posterior lobe of head with small tubercle behind interocular furrow; eye large, exceeding level of ventral surface of head in lateral view; posterior pronotal lobe lacking tubercle posteromedially; lateral carina of posterior pronotal lobe developed throughout length of posterior lobe and weakly sinuate; metafemur with apicalmost blackish annulation wide and with distal whitish part very narrow; pygophoral posterior process deeply incised at middle; incision of pygophoral posterior process about 0.7 times as deep as length of posterior process; paramere clavate, curved inwards in apical one-third, obtuse at apex; struts of phallus abruptly curved downwards at apical one-fourth in lateral view, widely bifurcate in apical one-fourth in dorsal view, with apical margin nearly straight around middle; styloides covered with about 4 setae at middle; and each arm of styloides widened medially. Body length 4.2–5.0 mm. Distribution. Vietnam (Phu Tho and Hai Phong Provinces), Japan , Mariana Islands , Singapore .