The first fossil record of the Emesinae genus Emesopsis Uhler (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from Eocene Baltic amber

YURI A. POPOV; DOMINIK CHŁOND

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4039.4.6

Issue: Vol. 4039 No. 4: 6 Nov. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-11-06

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.4.6

Page range: 566–574

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**The first fossil record of the Emesinae genus Emesopsis Uhler (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from Eocene Baltic amber**

YURI A. POPOV⁺⁻
DOMINIK CHŁOND⁺⁻

Paleontological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya Str. 123, 117997 Moscow, Russia.

University of Silesia, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Zoology, ul. Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.

Hemiptera Reduviidae Emesinae Emesopsis new species Eocene Baltic amber

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Abstract

Two new fossil representatives of the assassin bug family Reduviidae are described as new from Baltic amber (Upper Eocene), belonging to the genus Emesopsis of the tribe Ploiariolini (Emesinae): Emesopsis putshkovi sp. nov. and E. similis sp. nov. These representatives of the Emesinae are the oldest fossil bugs of the genus Emesopsis known so far, and reported for the first time. This genus is also briefly diagnosed.