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Emesopsis streiti

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Emesopsis streiti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Emesinae
Tribe: Ploiariolini
Genus: Emesopsis
Species:
E. streiti
Binomial name
Emesopsis streiti
Kovac and Yang, 1995.

Emesopsis streiti is a species of Emesinae described from Malaysia.[1]

Emesopsis streiti was found of decaying bamboo culms of Gigantochloa scortechinii. The species preyed upon a wide variety of insect and arthropod groups. E. streiti is apparently preyed upon by theridiid spiders.

Etymology

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This species is named[1] in honour of the Swiss ecologist Prof. Bruno Streit.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Damir Kovac, C. M. Yang (1995). ResearchGate, Berlin (ed.). "A New Species of Emesopsis Uhler, 1893 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Peninsular Malaysia, with notes on its biology" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore, 43: 453-462. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  2. ^ "Department of Ecology and Evolution (1985 - 2019/20), Prof. Dr. Bruno Streit". Faculty of Biological Sciences (15). Goethe University Frankfurt/Main. Retrieved 2021-06-14.