''Emesa tenerrima'' is a thread-legged bug from the genus ''

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''. It is found in semi-evergreen forest in

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. ''E. tenerrima'' lives in the webs of the spider '' Modisimus signatus'' which it also physically resembles.

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20120307184843/http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=2051251&q=Ghilianella&uid=788329544&setcookie=yes * Reduviidae Endemic fauna of Puerto Rico Insects described in 1860 {{Cimicomorpha-stub