Emesa tenerrima is a thread-legged bug from the genus Emesa. It is found in semi-evergreen forest in Puerto Rico. E. tenerrima lives in the webs of the spider Modisimus signatus which it also physically resembles.
| Emesa tenerrima | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Emesinae |
| Tribe: | Emesini |
| Genus: | Emesa |
| Species: | E. tenerrima
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| Binomial name | |
| Emesa tenerrima (Dohrn, 1860)
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References
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- Santiago-Blay, JA; Maldonado-Capriles, J (1988). "Observations on the true bugs Emesa tenerrima, a possible spider mimic, and Ghilianella borincana (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from Puerto Rico". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 90 (3): 369–372.
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