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

The silk-loving bug <i>Embiophilasinica</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is described from Yunnan, southwestern China, representing the first record of the genus <i>Embiophila</i> (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 <i>Embiophila</i> species is presented. The ecology of the new species and the distribution of <i>Embiophila</i> are briefly discussed.