Chinemesa
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Chinemesa is a little-known genus of thread-legged bug (Emesinae
) apparently endemic to Borneo
. Only four species have been described and the three described by Wygodzinsky in 1966 have not been observed since.
Emesinae
Emesinae, or thread-legged bugs, are a subfamily of the Reduviidae . They are conspicuously different from the other reduviids by their very slender body form. They are stalking, predaceous insects that can be collected on palm fronds, cliffs, spider webbing, or near lights at night...
) apparently endemic to Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
. Only four species have been described and the three described by Wygodzinsky in 1966 have not been observed since.
Species list
- Chinemesa feminata Wygodzinsky, 1966
- Chinemesa murudiana Wygodzinsky, 1966
- Chinemesa poiana Wygodzinsky, 1966
- Chinemesa uniannulata Redei, 2007