Revision Of Leucophoropterini: Diagnoses, Key To Genera, Redescription Of The Australian Fauna, And Descriptions Of New Indo-Pacific Genera And Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae)
Author
Menard, Katrina L.
Author
Schuh, Randall T.
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2011
2011-11-23
2011
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/361.1
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Sejanus funereus
Distant
Sejanus funereus
Distant, 1910: 21
(n. sp.);
Carvalho, 1958: 141
(cat.);
Schuh, 1984: 170
, figs. 552, 564–566 (diag., DV, MG).
DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by its relatively small size and ovoid shape, overall castaneous coloration with two confluent white spots on anterior margin of cuneus, yellow antennal segment 1, proximal
M
to
K
of segment 2, apices of all femora, all tibiae and tarsi, and apex of endosoma with two lateral thickenings and no visible secondary gonopore.
DESCRIPTION: See
Distant (1910)
and
Schuh (1984)
.
HOSTS:
Verbenaceae
and
Anacardiaceae
.
DISTRIBUTION: South
India
,
Sri Lanka
.
DISCUSSION: This is the
type
species of
Sejanus
,
and although the external morphology of most Indo-Pacific,
Oriental
, and Palearctic
Sejanus
species
is nearly identical, other species differ from
S. funereus
in the shape of the apex of the endosoma and parameres.
Sejanus funereus
has one of the most simplified forms of the endosoma, a simple C-shaped tube with no visible secondary gonopore, whereas most species have the secondary gonopore visible and have various elaborations on the morphology of the apex (e.g.,
S. ecnomiscos
).
HOLOTYPE
:
SRI LANKA
:
Ceylon, E.E
. Green
,
Holotype
, 18 (00085515) (
BMNH
) [not examined]
.
SPECIMENS EXAMINED:
INDIA
:
Tamil
Nadu:
Anamalai Hills, Cinchona,
10.06666
°
N
76.91666
°
E
,
1067 m
,
Apr 1956
, P.S. Nathan, 18 (00095337) (AMNH).
SRI LANKA
: Central Prov.:
Elkaduwa, Hunas Falls Hotel,
7.40194
°
N
80.68972
°
E
,
747 m
,
28 Mar 1999
, T.J. Henry & A. Wijisekara,
Lantana camara
(Verbenaceae)
,
1♀
(00301019) (USNM). Sri Lankan Agric. Res. Sta. Sita Eliya (
3 km
SE of Nuwara Eliya),
22 Mar 1999
, T.J. Henry & A. Wijisekara,
Mangifera indica
(Anacardiaceae)
,
1♀
(00271661) (USNM).
Southern Province
:
Kanneliya,
6.22579
°
N
80.38323
°
E
,
61 m
,
15 Oct 1976
–
17 Oct 1976
, G.F. Hevel, R.E. Dietz, S. Karunaratne, D.W. Balasooriya, 18 (00271664) (USNM).