Onychomesa Explained

Onychomesa is a little-known genus of thread-legged bug in the subfamily Emesinae.^[1] Three species have been described, one from India, Japan, and Taiwan.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Partial species list

• Onychomesa sauteri Wygodzinsky, 1966
• Onychomesa susainthani Wygodzinsky, 1966
• Onychomesa gokani Ishikawa, 2000

Notes and References

1. A monograph of the Emesinae (Reduviidae, Hemiptera) . Pedro W. Wygodzinsky . . 133 . 1966 . 1–614.
2. A checklist of Indian assassin bugs (Insect: Hempitera: Reduviidae) with taxonomic status, distribution and diagnostic morphological characteristics . Dunston P. Ambrose . Zoos' Print Journal . 21 . 9 . 2388–2406 . 2006 . 10.11609/jott.zpj.871.2388-406.
3. Tadashi Ishikawa . 2000 . Onychomesa gokani, a new emesine assassin bug (Insecta : Heteroptera : Reduviidae) from Japan . Species Diversity . 5 . 4 . 375–379 . PDF abstract.
4. A survey of the emesine assassin bugs of the tribes Collartidini, Leistarchini, Emesini, and Metapterini of Taiwan (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae) . Dávid Rédei & Jing-Fu Tsai . . 57 . 1 . 2010 . 11–36 . 10.1002/mmnd.201000002.