First record of silk-loving genus Embiophila (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Plokiophilidae) from Asia, with description of a new species from China

By

Xiong, Haoyang
Chen, Zhuo.
Li, Hu
Cai, Wanzhi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-8-8

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1248

Pages

295--307

Subjects

Embiophilini , Embioptera , new species , Oriental region , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1248.155672

 

Abstract

The silk-loving bug Embiophila sinicasp. nov. is described from Yunnan, southwestern China, representing the first record of the genus Embiophila (Heteroptera, Plokiophilidae) from Asia. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by the different number of the spines on the fore – and mid-femora, and the numbers of the corial glands on the hemelytra. Photographs of the habitus and diagnostic characters, as well as living individuals in natural habitats, are provided. A key to Embiophila species is presented. The ecology of the new species and the distribution of Embiophila are briefly discussed.