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". In Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C. (eds.). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill. pp. 616–651.
ISBN978-0-916846-44-2.