Embiophila China 1953

GenusEmbiophilaChina, 1953 Embiophila China, 1953: 67. Type species by original designation: Embiophila myersi China, 1953. Diagnosis. Embiophila can be distinguished from other genera of Plokiophilidae by the following combination of characters: head lacking elongate neck behind eyes; legs relatively short and stout; fore and mid femora armed ventrally with spines; tarsi two-segmented, relatively short; hemelytron with distinct cuneus; pygophore tubular. Diversity and distribution. The genus currently contains four species, one from the Afrotropical Region (Carayon 1974), two from the Neotropical Region (China 1953; Carpintero and Dellapé 2005), and one described herein from the Oriental Region (Fig. 5).