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