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: 
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. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFB82FE2AFB2DFDCB" bold="true" box="[1050,1164,506,533]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Syn. nov.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFF25FDEDFE31FD88" ID-CoL="6K5WH" authority="Villiers (nec Stål) 1948" box="[189,400,572,598]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rubricosus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF25FDEDFE31FD88" box="[189,400,572,598]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius rubricosus</emphasis>
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– Villiers (nec Stål) 1948: 237, part. — 
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(synonymyzation).
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<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25FDB0FD24FDA4" blockId="4.[189,1313,571,810]" box="[189,645,607,634]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFF25FDB0FE2CFDA7" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1957" box="[189,397,607,633]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liberiensis">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF25FDB0FE2CFDA7" box="[189,397,607,633]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius liberiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
– 
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.
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<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25FD53FB9FFD43" blockId="4.[189,1313,571,810]" box="[189,1086,642,669]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="AB51119CD916FF8EFF25FD53FB9FFD43" box="[189,1086,642,669]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFF25FD53FE1BFD42" ID-CoL="5HDYK" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1957" box="[189,442,642,668]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="dilutus" subSpecies="dilutus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF25FD53FE1BFD42" box="[189,442,642,668]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius dilutus dilutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
– 
<treatmentCitation id="0AE010A3D916FF8EFE4FFD52FD3BFD43" author="Dispons P." box="[471,666,642,669]" page="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" year="1969">
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D916FF8EFE4FFD52FD3BFD43" author="Dispons P." box="[471,666,642,669]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons 1969: 5</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
. — 
<treatmentCitation id="0AE010A3D916FF8EFD53FD52FB9AFD43" author="Maldonado Capriles J." box="[715,1083,642,669]" page="358" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" year="1990">
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D916FF8EFD53FD52FB9AFD43" author="Maldonado Capriles J." box="[715,1083,642,669]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" refId="ref13304" refString="Maldonado Capriles J. 1990. Systematic Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera). A special edition of Caribbean Journal of Science, Mayaguez." type="book" year="1990">Maldonado Capriles 1990: 358</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
.
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25FD76FBF1FD1E" blockId="4.[189,1313,571,810]" box="[189,1104,677,704]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="AB51119CD916FF8EFF25FD76FBF1FD1E" box="[189,1104,677,704]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFF25FD76FE6DFD61" ID-CoL="5HDYM" authorityName="Dispons" authorityYear="1957" box="[189,460,677,703]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="dilutus" subSpecies="gowdeyi">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF25FD76FE6DFD61" box="[189,460,677,703]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius dilutus gowdeyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
– 
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D916FF8EFE71FD75FD0AFD1E" author="Dispons P." box="[489,683,677,704]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons 1969: 5</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
. — 
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D916FF8EFD44FD75FBECFD1E" author="Maldonado Capriles J." box="[732,1101,677,704]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" refId="ref13304" refString="Maldonado Capriles J. 1990. Systematic Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera). A special edition of Caribbean Journal of Science, Mayaguez." type="book" year="1990">Maldonado Capriles 1990: 358</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
.
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25FD19FBC8FD3D" blockId="4.[189,1313,571,810]" box="[189,1129,712,739]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="AB51119CD916FF8EFF25FD19FBC8FD3D" box="[189,1129,712,739]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFF25FD19FE45FD3D" ID-CoL="5HDYN" authorityName="Dispons" authorityYear="1969" box="[189,484,713,739]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="dilutus" subSpecies="liberiensis">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF25FD19FE45FD3D" box="[189,484,713,739]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius dilutus liberiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
– 
<treatmentCitation id="0AE010A3D916FF8EFD99FD19FD65FD3D" author="Dispons P." box="[513,708,712,739]" page="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" year="1969">
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D916FF8EFD99FD19FD65FD3D" author="Dispons P." box="[513,708,712,739]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons 1969: 5</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
. — 
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D916FF8EFD6DFD19FBC4FD3D" author="Maldonado Capriles J." box="[757,1125,712,739]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" refId="ref13304" refString="Maldonado Capriles J. 1990. Systematic Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera). A special edition of Caribbean Journal of Science, Mayaguez." type="book" year="1990">Maldonado Capriles 1990: 358</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
.
</treatmentCitationGroup>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25FD3DFCD3FCD9" blockId="4.[189,1313,571,810]" box="[189,882,748,775]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="AB51119CD916FF8EFF25FD3DFCD3FCD9" box="[189,882,748,775]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFF25FD3DFE40FCD8" ID-CoL="5HDYJ" authorityName="Dispons" authorityYear="1969" box="[189,481,748,774]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="dilutus" subSpecies="anonymus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF25FD3DFE40FCD8" box="[189,481,748,774]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius dilutus anonymus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
– 
<treatmentCitation id="0AE010A3D916FF8EFE66FD3CFCCFFCD9" author="Maldonado Capriles J." box="[510,878,748,775]" page="358" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" year="1990">
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D916FF8EFE66FD3CFCCFFCD9" author="Maldonado Capriles J." box="[510,878,748,775]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" refId="ref13304" refString="Maldonado Capriles J. 1990. Systematic Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera). A special edition of Caribbean Journal of Science, Mayaguez." type="book" year="1990">Maldonado Capriles 1990: 358</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
.
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25FCC0FCEFFCF4" blockId="4.[189,1313,571,810]" box="[189,846,783,810]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="AB51119CD916FF8EFF25FCC0FCEFFCF4" box="[189,846,783,810]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFF25FCC0FE1CFCF7" ID-CoL="5HDYQ" authorityName="Dispons" authorityYear="1969" box="[189,445,783,809]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="dilutus" subSpecies="vicinus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF25FCC0FE1CFCF7" box="[189,445,783,809]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius dilutus vicinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
– 
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</treatmentCitation>
.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25FC80FE97FCB4" blockId="4.[189,310,848,874]" box="[189,310,848,874]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<heading id="D0B681DED916FF8EFF25FC80FE97FCB4" bold="true" box="[189,310,848,874]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF25FC80FE97FCB4" bold="true" box="[189,310,848,874]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Diagnosis</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25FCAFFCF1FB51" blockId="4.[187,1401,895,1168]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Body color black and red in large part; anterior lobe of pronotum black, with red stripes thin and obscure, or even only anterior margin of anterior lobe red, posterior lobe of pronotum red; legs brown to blackish brown, apices of coxae, bases of trochanters and apex of fore femur with irregular yellow markings; basal half of dorsal surface of fore tibia and most bases of mid and hind tibiae yellow; apex of clavus yellowish white; fifth abdominal sternite of male with a small process on left side; median pygophore process strongly twisted, knife-shaped in lateral view with apex truncated; apex of right paramere with a small mastoid process; apical margin of dorsal phallothecal sclerite arcuate; process on lower right corner of lateral phallothecal sclerite distinct and round.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35B6539D916FF8DFF25FB67FC90F83E" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="32" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25FB67FE0BFB0F" blockId="4.[189,426,1207,1233]" box="[189,426,1207,1233]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<heading id="D0B681DED916FF8EFF25FB67FE0BFB0F" bold="true" box="[189,426,1207,1233]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF25FB67FE0BFB0F" bold="true" box="[189,426,1207,1233]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Material examined</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF72FB35FEFDFB21" blockId="4.[188,1398,1253,1351]" box="[234,348,1253,1279]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF72FB35FEFDFB21" bold="true" box="[234,348,1253,1279]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D916FF8EFF72FB35FEFDFB21" box="[234,348,1253,1279]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25FAD9FC70FA98" blockId="4.[188,1398,1253,1351]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<materialsCitation id="3B293CEFD916FF8EFF25FAD9FC70FA98" collectingDate="1911" collectionCode="NHMUK" country="Nigeria" determinerName="N. C. E. Miller" location="Calabar" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" specimenCode="NHMUK 013586560" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Calabar" typeStatus="holotype">
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D916FF8EFF25FAD9FE95FAFD" box="[189,308,1289,1315]" name="Nigeria" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">NIGERIA</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD916FF8EFED4FAD9FEC4FAFD" box="[332,357,1289,1315]" count="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
; “ 
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D916FF8EFEE3FAD8FE4FFAFC" box="[379,494,1288,1314]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
; Type; 
<collectingRegion id="4985F850D916FF8EFDDAFAD8FD02FAFC" box="[578,675,1288,1314]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Calabar</collectingRegion>
.; 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFD2AFAD8FCC6FAFD" authority="Stal" authorityName="Stal" box="[690,871,1288,1315]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rubricosus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFD2AFAD8FC8EFAFC" box="[690,815,1288,1314]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">rubricosus</emphasis>
Stål
</taxonomicName>
; Distant Coll. 
<collectingDate id="EFBBE99AD916FF8EFB97FAD9FBEAFAFD" box="[1039,1099,1289,1315]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">1911</collectingDate>
-383; 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFB14FAD9FA90FAFC" authority="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai, 2023" authorityName="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai" authorityYear="2023" box="[1164,1329,1288,1314]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilutus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFB14FAD9FA90FAFC" box="[1164,1329,1288,1314]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius dilutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657DBD916FF8EFAA0FAD9FAD7FAFD" box="[1336,1398,1289,1315]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(holotype) 
<determinerName id="7E22DA76D916FF8EFEA6FAFCFE7EFA98" box="[318,479,1324,1350]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">N.C.E. Miller</determinerName>
det. 1956”; 
<specimenCode id="DBE79EC9D916FF8EFDE8FAFCFCCBFA99" box="[624,874,1324,1351]" collectionCode="NHMUK" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="Museum">NHMUK 013586560</specimenCode>
(
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).
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF72FABDFEC6FA59" blockId="4.[187,1398,1389,1486]" box="[234,359,1389,1415]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF72FABDFEC6FA59" bold="true" box="[234,359,1389,1415]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D916FF8EFF72FABDFEC6FA59" box="[234,359,1389,1415]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25FA41FD39FA10" blockId="4.[187,1398,1389,1486]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<materialsCitation id="3B293CEFD916FF8EFF25FA41FD35FA10" collectingDate="1903" collectionCode="NHMUK" country="Cameroon" determinerName="N. C. E. Miller" location="Cameroons. Escalera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" specimenCode="NHMUK 013586563" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Cameroons. Escalera" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D916FF8EFF25FA41FEC4FA75" box="[189,357,1425,1451]" name="Cameroon" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">CAMEROON</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD916FF8EFEE2FA41FE07FA75" box="[378,422,1425,1451]" count="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; “ 
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D916FF8EFE25FA41FD8BFA75" box="[445,554,1425,1451]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
; 
<collectingRegion id="4985F850D916FF8EFDACFA41FC8CFA74" box="[564,813,1424,1451]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Cameroons. Escalera</collectingRegion>
. 
<collectingDate id="EFBBE99AD916FF8EFCAEFA40FCD4FA75" box="[822,885,1424,1451]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">1903</collectingDate>
-355.; 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFC24FA41FBC1FA74" authority="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai, 2023" authorityName="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai" authorityYear="2023" box="[956,1120,1424,1450]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilutus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFC24FA41FBC1FA74" box="[956,1120,1424,1450]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius dilutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(paratype) 
<determinerName id="7E22DA76D916FF8EFABEFA41FEA5FA10" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">N.C.E. Miller</determinerName>
det. 1956”; 
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</materialsCitation>
.
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<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25FA25FCBCF9ED" blockId="4.[189,1399,1525,1587]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<materialsCitation id="3B293CEFD916FF8EFF25FA25FCB8F9ED" collectingDate="1936" collectionCode="NHMUK" collectorName="J. Primot" country="Gabon" determinerName="N. C. E. Miller" location="GABON" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" specimenCode="NHMUK 013586564" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D916FF8EFF25FA25FE84F9D1" box="[189,293,1525,1551]" name="Gabon" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">GABON</collectingCountry>
• 
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; “ 
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D916FF8EFE17FA25FE5DF9D1" box="[399,508,1525,1551]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
; Gabon 3 
<collectingDate id="EFBBE99AD916FF8EFDE3FA25FD17F9D1" box="[635,694,1525,1551]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">1936</collectingDate>
Libreville Coll. 
<collectorName id="26B45364D916FF8EFC19FA26FC53F9D1" box="[897,1010,1525,1552]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">J. Primot</collectorName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFB98FA26FB08F9D1" authority="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai, 2023" authorityName="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai" authorityYear="2023" box="[1024,1193,1525,1551]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilutus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFB98FA26FB08F9D1" box="[1024,1193,1525,1551]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius dilutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(paratype) 
<determinerName id="7E22DA76D916FF8EFF25F9C8FEFFF9EC" box="[189,350,1560,1586]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">N.C.E. Miller</determinerName>
det. 1956”; K.; 
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</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25F98AFBCCF964" blockId="4.[189,1398,1626,1723]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<materialsCitation id="3B293CEFD916FF8EFF25F98AFD04F946" collectingDate="1911" collectionCode="NHMUK" country="Nigeria" determinerName="N. C. E. Miller" location="Calabar" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" specimenCode="NHMUK 013586561" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Calabar" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D916FF8EFF25F98AFE95F9AA" box="[189,308,1626,1652]" name="Nigeria" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">NIGERIA</collectingCountry>
• 
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; “ 
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D916FF8EFE04F98AFDA8F9AA" box="[412,521,1626,1652]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
; 
<collectingRegion id="4985F850D916FF8EFD8FF98AFDD7F9AA" box="[535,630,1626,1652]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Calabar</collectingRegion>
; Distant Coll. 
<collectingDate id="EFBBE99AD916FF8EFCBEF98AFCC3F9AA" box="[806,866,1626,1652]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">1911</collectingDate>
-383; 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFC3FF98AFBEEF9AA" authority="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai, 2023" authorityName="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai" authorityYear="2023" box="[935,1103,1626,1652]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilutus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFC3FF98AFBEEF9AA" box="[935,1103,1626,1652]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius dilutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(paratype) 
<determinerName id="7E22DA76D916FF8EFABEF98AFEA9F949" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">N.C.E. Miller</determinerName>
det. 1956”; 
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</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation id="3B293CEFD916FF8EFD5FF9ADFBC8F964" collectingDate="1911" collectionCode="NHMUK" country="Nigeria" determinerName="N. C. E. Miller" location="Calabar" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" specimenCode="NHMUK 013586561" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Calabar" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD916FF8EFD5FF9ADFD59F949" box="[711,760,1661,1687]" count="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; “ 
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D916FF8EFC8DF9ADFC23F949" box="[789,898,1661,1687]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
; 
<collectingRegion id="4985F850D916FF8EFC0AF9ADFC50F949" box="[914,1009,1661,1687]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Calabar</collectingRegion>
; Distant Coll. 
<collectingDate id="EFBBE99AD916FF8EFB3FF9ADFB42F949" box="[1191,1251,1661,1687]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">1911</collectingDate>
-383; 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFAB0F9AEFEACF964" authority="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai, 2023" authorityName="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilutus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFAB0F9AEFEACF964" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius dilutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657DBD916FF8EFE8CF971FEF2F965" box="[276,339,1697,1723]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(paratype) 
<determinerName id="7E22DA76D916FF8EFE42F970FDDAF964" box="[474,635,1696,1722]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">N.C.E. Miller</determinerName>
det. 1956”; 
<specimenCode id="DBE79EC9D916FF8EFC94F971FBA6F965" box="[780,1031,1696,1723]" collectionCode="NHMUK" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="Museum">NHMUK 013586561</specimenCode>
(
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D916FF8EFB8FF970FBFFF964" box="[1047,1118,1696,1722]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="6.[189,232,1922,1948]" captionTargetBox="[275,1305,280,1837]" captionTargetId="figure-14@6.[189,1398,265,1875]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Fig. 2. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, paratype, ♀ (NHMUK 013586562), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259353" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259353/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF72F932FD7DF925" blockId="4.[189,1399,1761,1859]" box="[234,732,1761,1788]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF72F932FD7DF925" bold="true" box="[234,732,1761,1788]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D916FF8EFF72F932FEFDF922" box="[234,348,1762,1788]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
of 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFE1CF931FD7DF925" authority="Miller, 1957" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1957" box="[388,732,1761,1788]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gowdeyi">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFE1CF931FDE1F922" bold="true" box="[388,576,1761,1788]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius gowdeyi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D916FF8EFDDFF931FD7DF925" author="Miller N. C. E." box="[583,732,1761,1787]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" pagination="29 - 81" refId="ref13492" refString="Miller N. C. E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History) 5: 29 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1507" type="journal article" year="1957">Miller, 1957</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25F8D5FB76F89C" blockId="4.[189,1399,1761,1859]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<materialsCitation id="3B293CEFD916FF8EFF25F8D5FB76F89C" collectingDate="1916-05-17" collectionCode="NHMUK" collectorName="C. C. Gowdey." country="Uganda" determinerName="N. C. E. Miller" location="UGANDA" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" specimenCode="NHMUK 013586565" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D916FF8EFF25F8D5FE9BF8C1" box="[189,314,1797,1823]" name="Uganda" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">UGANDA</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD916FF8EFEC0F8D5FED0F8C1" box="[344,369,1797,1823]" count="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
; “ 
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D916FF8EFE13F8D5FE5FF8C1" box="[395,510,1797,1823]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
; Type; Uganda Luzinga 
<date id="FFFF1072D916FF8EFCBFF8D5FC14F8C1" box="[807,949,1797,1823]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" value="1916-05-17">
<collectingDate id="EFBBE99AD916FF8EFCBFF8D5FC14F8C1" box="[807,949,1797,1823]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" value="1916-05-17">17. V. 1916</collectingDate>
</date>
. 
<collectorName id="26B45364D916FF8EFC5BF8D5FBCDF8C1" box="[963,1132,1797,1823]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">C.C. Gowdey.</collectorName>
1916-209.; No. 3423; 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFF25F8F9FED4F89C" authority="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai, 2023" authorityName="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai" authorityYear="2023" box="[189,373,1832,1858]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gowdeyi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF25F8F9FED4F89C" box="[189,373,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius gowdeyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657DBD916FF8EFEE4F8F8FE1BF89C" box="[380,442,1832,1858]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(holotype) 
<determinerName id="7E22DA76D916FF8EFDDBF8F8FD45F89C" box="[579,740,1832,1858]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">N.C.E. Miller</determinerName>
det. 1956”; 
<specimenCode id="DBE79EC9D916FF8EFCEEF8F8FBD1F89D" box="[886,1136,1832,1859]" collectionCode="NHMUK" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="Museum">NHMUK 013586565</specimenCode>
(
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D916FF8EFB18F8F8FB66F89C" box="[1152,1223,1832,1858]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[189,232,1487,1513]" captionTargetBox="[291,1294,299,1410]" captionTargetId="figure-86@7.[266,1322,265,1446]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 3. Fusius gowdeyi Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586565), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259355" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259355/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
).
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF72F8B9FD7DF85D" blockId="4.[189,1399,1897,1995]" box="[234,732,1897,1924]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFF72F8B9FD7DF85D" bold="true" box="[234,732,1897,1924]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D916FF8EFF72F8B9FEFDF85D" box="[234,348,1897,1923]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
of 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFE1BF8B9FD7DF85D" authority="Miller, 1957" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1957" box="[387,732,1897,1924]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gowdeyi">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFE1BF8B9FDE1F85A" bold="true" box="[387,576,1897,1924]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius gowdeyi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D916FF8EFDDFF8B9FD7DF85D" author="Miller N. C. E." box="[583,732,1897,1923]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" pagination="29 - 81" refId="ref13492" refString="Miller N. C. E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History) 5: 29 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1507" type="journal article" year="1957">Miller, 1957</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D916FF8EFF25F85DFB4FF815" blockId="4.[189,1399,1897,1995]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<materialsCitation id="3B293CEFD916FF8EFF25F85DFB4BF815" collectingDate="1911-10-17" collectingDateMax="1911-10-19" collectingDateMin="1911-10-17" collectionCode="NHMUK" collectorName="S. A. Neave." country="Uganda" determinerName="N. C. E. Miller" elevation="1006" location="UGANDA" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" specimenCode="NHMUK 013586566" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D916FF8EFF25F85DFE9BF879" box="[189,314,1933,1959]" name="Uganda" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">UGANDA</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD916FF8EFEC9F85DFEDCF879" box="[337,381,1933,1959]" count="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; “ 
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D916FF8EFE0DF85DFDA3F879" box="[405,514,1933,1959]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
; 
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D916FF8EFD94F85CFCC3F879" box="[524,866,1932,1959]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Uganda Prot. S. of L. George</collectingCountry>
. 
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<elevation id="006CD181D916FF8EFCF3F85DFBB8F878" box="[875,1049,1932,1959]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0058399999999998" metricValueMax="1.03632" metricValueMin="0.97536" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" unit="ft" value="3300.0" valueMax="3400.0" valueMin="3200.0">3,200-3,400 ft.</elevation>
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<date id="FFFF1072D916FF8EFB86F85DFB79F879" box="[1054,1240,1933,1959]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" value="1911-10-17" valueMax="1911-10-19" valueMin="1911-10-17">
<collectingDate id="EFBBE99AD916FF8EFB86F85DFB79F879" box="[1054,1240,1933,1959]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" value="1911-10-17" valueMax="1911-10-19" valueMin="1911-10-17">17-19 Oct.1911</collectingDate>
</date>
. 
<collectorName id="26B45364D916FF8EFB7AF85DFAD3F879" box="[1250,1394,1933,1959]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">S.A. Neave.</collectorName>
; 1912-193, 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D916FF8EFEA4F861FE55F814" authority="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai, 2023" authorityName="Liu &amp; Li &amp; Cai" authorityYear="2023" box="[316,500,1968,1994]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gowdeyi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D916FF8EFEA4F861FE55F814" box="[316,500,1968,1994]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fusius gowdeyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657DBD916FF8EFE63F860FD93F814" box="[507,562,1968,1994]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" rank="species">sp. n</taxonomicNameLabel>
(paratype) 
<determinerName id="7E22DA76D916FF8EFD21F860FCFBF814" box="[697,858,1968,1994]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">N.C.E. Miller</determinerName>
det. 1956”; 
<specimenCode id="DBE79EC9D916FF8EFC74F860FB4BF815" box="[1004,1258,1968,1995]" collectionCode="NHMUK" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" type="Museum">NHMUK 013586566</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF3E663AD917FF8FFF25F89FFCE1F853" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259351" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10259351" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259351/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" startId="5.[189,232,1871,1897]" targetBox="[229,1354,298,1777]" targetPageId="5">
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D917FF8FFF25F89FFEB3F8B7" bold="true" box="[189,274,1871,1897]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Fig. 1.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D917FF8FFEB8F880FDD5F8B4" authority="Miller, 1957" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1957" box="[288,628,1871,1898]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilutus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D917FF8FFEB8F880FE6DF8B7" box="[288,460,1871,1897]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Fusius dilutus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D917FF8FFE41F89FFDD5F8B4" author="Miller N. C. E." box="[473,628,1871,1898]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" pagination="29 - 81" refId="ref13492" refString="Miller N. C. E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History) 5: 29 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1507" type="journal article" year="1957">Miller, 1957</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586560) habitus. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D917FF8FFB2AF89FFB66F8B7" bold="true" box="[1202,1223,1871,1897]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">A</emphasis>
. Dorsal view. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D917FF8FFF25F8A3FF70F853" bold="true" box="[189,209,1907,1933]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">B</emphasis>
. Ventral view. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D917FF8FFE18F8A2FE34F852" bold="true" box="[384,405,1906,1932]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">C</emphasis>
. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D914FF8CFF25F852FEB0F842" bold="true" box="[189,273,1922,1948]" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">Fig. 2.</emphasis>
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, paratype, ♀ (NHMUK 013586562), habitus. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D914FF8CFB2BF852FB69F842" bold="true" box="[1203,1224,1922,1948]" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">A</emphasis>
. Dorsal view. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D914FF8CFF25F876FF70F81E" bold="true" box="[189,209,1958,1984]" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">B</emphasis>
. Ventral view. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D914FF8CFE18F875FE34F861" bold="true" box="[384,405,1957,1983]" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">C</emphasis>
. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm.
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D915FF8DFF25FA1FFEB1FA37" bold="true" box="[189,272,1487,1513]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Fig. 3.</emphasis>
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, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586565), habitus. 
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. Dorsal view. 
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. Ventral view. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D915FF8DFE18FA22FE34F9D2" bold="true" box="[384,405,1522,1548]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">C</emphasis>
. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm.
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. 159.; 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D915FF8DFBCEF9A9FA88F94C" box="[1110,1321,1656,1682]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Fusius liberiensis</emphasis>
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(holotype) 
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det. 1956”; 
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).
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D915FF8DFF72F90BFE40F92B" bold="true" box="[234,481,1755,1781]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Additional material</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation id="3B293CEFD915FF8DFF25F92EFD9DF8E5" collectingDate="1924-10" collectionCode="NHMUK" collectorName="DR VANSOMEREN MARAGOLI" country="Kenya" location="KENYA" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
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• 
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; “ 
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, 
<collectingDate id="EFBBE99AD915FF8DFCBBF92EFC56F8C6" box="[803,1015,1790,1816]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">OCTOBER: 1924</collectingDate>
; V.G.L. van Someren Collection. Brit. Mus. 1959-468”; 
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.
</paragraph>
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• 
<materialsCitation id="3B293CEFD915FF8DFECCF8B2FE91F841" collectingDate="1956-03-22" collectionCode="NHMUK" collectorName="F. Eastop." country="Nigeria" location="Moor Plantation" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="lbadan">
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; “ 
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: 
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; 
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. 
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<collectingDate id="EFBBE99AD915FF8DFCFFF8B2FBA1F8A3" box="[871,1024,1890,1917]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" value="1956-03-22">22. iii. 1956</collectingDate>
</date>
. V.F. Eastop. B.M. 1956-283”; 
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.
</paragraph>
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<collectingCountry id="F3567622D915FF8DFF25F815FE2AF801" box="[189,395,1989,2015]" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">SIERRA LEONE</collectingCountry>
• 
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; “S. Leone 67 71”; 
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.
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91AFF82FF25FED8FECAFEFC" bold="true" box="[189,363,264,290]" pageId="8" pageNumber="33">Redescription</emphasis>
</heading>
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(n = 7), 
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(n = 4)]. Body length 8.54–9.42 (
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); maximum width of abdomen 2.90–3.04 (
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), 3.11–3.62 (
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); head length 1.43–1.60 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FBBDFE8AFB9CFEAA" box="[1061,1085,346,372]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
), 1.74–1.76 (
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); length of anteocular part 0.65–0.78 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FE65FEAEFDB4FE46" box="[509,533,382,408]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
), 0.79–0.82 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FD2EFEAEFD6BFE46" box="[694,714,382,408]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
); length of postocular part 0.42–0.44 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FB0FFEAEFB0EFE46" box="[1175,1199,382,408]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
), 0.43–0.48 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FAC8FEAEFAC5FE46" box="[1360,1380,382,408]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
); head width 1.12–1.19 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FE41FE71FE50FE65" box="[473,497,417,443]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
), 1.15–1.20 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FD00FE71FD0DFE65" box="[664,684,417,443]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
); eye width in dorsal view 0.21–0.23 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FB09FE71FB08FE65" box="[1169,1193,417,443]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
), 0.21–0.22 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FAC8FE71FAC5FE65" box="[1360,1380,417,443]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
); width of interocular space 0.60–0.69 (
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), 0.69–0.72 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FCD1FE14FCFCFE00" box="[841,861,452,478]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
); width of interocellar space 0.31–0.35 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FAD7FE14FAC6FE00" box="[1359,1383,452,478]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
), 0.35–0.36 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FEDEFE37FEFBFDDF" box="[326,346,487,513]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
); lengths of visible labial segments I:II:III = 0.60–0.61: 0.92–0.93: 0.51–0.55 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FA9DFE37FABCFDDF" box="[1285,1309,487,513]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
), 0.62– 0.65: 0.98–0.99: 0.49–0.51 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FD8BFDDAFD86FDFA" box="[531,551,522,548]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
); lengths of antennal segments I:II:III:IV = 0.75–0.79:1.59–1.72:1.11– 1.30:? (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FE8FFDFEFE8EFD96" box="[279,303,558,584]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
), 0.78–0.90:1.56–1.58:1.08–1.27:? (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FD45FDFEFD50FD96" box="[733,753,558,584]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
); length of anterior pronotal lobe 1.50–1.60 (
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91AFF82FA9EFDFEFABFFD96" box="[1286,1310,558,584]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="33" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
), 1.60– 1.79 (
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); length of posterior pronotal lobe 0.85–0.87 (
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), 0.87–0.91 (
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); width of anterior pronotal lobe 2.21–2.24 (
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), 2.30–2.51 (
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); width of posterior pronotal lobe 2.70–2.74 (
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), 2.71–2.97 (
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); scutellum length 1.10–1.12 (
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), 1.36–1.42 (
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); maximum width of scutellum 1.11–1.19 (
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), 1.48–1.52 (
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); hemelytron length 6.70–6.82 (
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), 6.76–7.03 (
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).
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91AFF82FF25F87BFEAFF81B" bold="true" box="[189,270,1963,1989]" pageId="8" pageNumber="33">Fig. 4.</emphasis>
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, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586567), habitus. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91AFF82FB21F87BFB6FF81B" bold="true" box="[1209,1230,1963,1989]" pageId="8" pageNumber="33">A</emphasis>
. Dorsal view. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91AFF82FF25F81EFF70F836" bold="true" box="[189,209,1998,2024]" pageId="8" pageNumber="33">B</emphasis>
. Ventral view. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91AFF82FE18F81EFE34F836" bold="true" box="[384,405,1998,2024]" pageId="8" pageNumber="33">C</emphasis>
. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm.
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. Body color black and red in large part (
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); head black with labium brown; antenna with scape blackish brown, remaining segments black (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FCDEFE64FC11FE10" box="[838,944,436,462]" captionStart-0="Fig" captionStart-1="Fig" captionStart-2="Fig" captionStart-3="Fig" captionStartId-0="5.[189,232,1871,1897]" captionStartId-1="6.[189,232,1922,1948]" captionStartId-2="7.[189,232,1487,1513]" captionStartId-3="8.[189,232,1963,1989]" captionTargetBox-0="[229,1354,298,1777]" captionTargetBox-1="[275,1305,280,1837]" captionTargetBox-2="[291,1294,299,1410]" captionTargetBox-3="[213,1374,728,1863]" captionTargetId-0="figure-11@5.[189,1398,265,1822]" captionTargetId-1="figure-14@6.[189,1398,265,1875]" captionTargetId-2="figure-86@7.[266,1322,265,1446]" captionTargetId-3="figure-153@8.[189,1398,700,1909]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="6" captionTargetPageId-2="7" captionTargetPageId-3="8" captionText-0="Fig. 1. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586560) habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." captionText-1="Fig. 2. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, paratype, ♀ (NHMUK 013586562), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." captionText-2="Fig. 3. Fusius gowdeyi Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586565), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." captionText-3="Fig. 4. Fusius liberiensis Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586567), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259351" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259353" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259355" figureDoi-3="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259357" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/10259351/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/10259353/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/10259355/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/10259357/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Figs 1–4</figureCitation>
); anterior lobe of pronotum black with red stripes, red stripes thin and obscure (
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, 
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), or even only anterior margin of anterior lobe red (
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, 
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), posterior lobe of pronotum red (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FC81FE2AFCDAFDCB" box="[793,891,506,533]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[189,232,1871,1897]" captionTargetBox="[229,1354,298,1777]" captionTargetId="figure-11@5.[189,1398,265,1822]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 1. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586560) habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259351" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259351/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Figs 1A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FC10FE2BFC0FFDCB" box="[904,942,507,533]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="6.[189,232,1922,1948]" captionTargetBox="[275,1305,280,1837]" captionTargetId="figure-14@6.[189,1398,265,1875]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Fig. 2. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, paratype, ♀ (NHMUK 013586562), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259353" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259353/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">2A</figureCitation>
, 
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, 
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); scutellum, pleura and sterna black (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FE96FDCEFED8FDE6" box="[270,377,542,568]" captionStart-0="Fig" captionStart-1="Fig" captionStart-2="Fig" captionStart-3="Fig" captionStartId-0="5.[189,232,1871,1897]" captionStartId-1="6.[189,232,1922,1948]" captionStartId-2="7.[189,232,1487,1513]" captionStartId-3="8.[189,232,1963,1989]" captionTargetBox-0="[229,1354,298,1777]" captionTargetBox-1="[275,1305,280,1837]" captionTargetBox-2="[291,1294,299,1410]" captionTargetBox-3="[213,1374,728,1863]" captionTargetId-0="figure-11@5.[189,1398,265,1822]" captionTargetId-1="figure-14@6.[189,1398,265,1875]" captionTargetId-2="figure-86@7.[266,1322,265,1446]" captionTargetId-3="figure-153@8.[189,1398,700,1909]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="6" captionTargetPageId-2="7" captionTargetPageId-3="8" captionText-0="Fig. 1. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586560) habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." captionText-1="Fig. 2. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, paratype, ♀ (NHMUK 013586562), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." captionText-2="Fig. 3. Fusius gowdeyi Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586565), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." captionText-3="Fig. 4. Fusius liberiensis Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586567), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259351" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259353" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259355" figureDoi-3="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259357" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/10259351/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/10259353/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/10259355/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/10259357/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Figs 1–4</figureCitation>
); coxae, trochanters and femora blackish brown, apices of coxae, bases of trochanters and apex of fore femur with irregular yellow markings; tibiae dark brown to blackish brown, basal half of dorsal surface of fore tibia and most bases of mid and hind tibiae yellow; tarsi brown (
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); base of clavus red, middle part with an oblong black spot, apex yellowish white; corium red with a triangular black spot on area between Cu and Pcu; membrane blackish brown with a yellowish white band crossing two cells, margins of band irregular, apical part of membrane paler (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FC4EFD1EFB96FD36" box="[982,1079,718,744]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[189,232,1871,1897]" captionTargetBox="[229,1354,298,1777]" captionTargetId="figure-11@5.[189,1398,265,1822]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 1. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586560) habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259351" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259351/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Figs 1A</figureCitation>
, 
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, 
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FBEDFD1EFB3AFD36" box="[1141,1179,718,744]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[189,232,1487,1513]" captionTargetBox="[291,1294,299,1410]" captionTargetId="figure-86@7.[266,1322,265,1446]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 3. Fusius gowdeyi Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586565), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259355" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259355/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">3A</figureCitation>
, 
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); connexivum red with inner part sometimes reddish brown (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FD41FD21FCE2FCD5" box="[729,835,753,779]" captionStart-0="Fig" captionStart-1="Fig" captionStart-2="Fig" captionStart-3="Fig" captionStartId-0="5.[189,232,1871,1897]" captionStartId-1="6.[189,232,1922,1948]" captionStartId-2="7.[189,232,1487,1513]" captionStartId-3="8.[189,232,1963,1989]" captionTargetBox-0="[229,1354,298,1777]" captionTargetBox-1="[275,1305,280,1837]" captionTargetBox-2="[291,1294,299,1410]" captionTargetBox-3="[213,1374,728,1863]" captionTargetId-0="figure-11@5.[189,1398,265,1822]" captionTargetId-1="figure-14@6.[189,1398,265,1875]" captionTargetId-2="figure-86@7.[266,1322,265,1446]" captionTargetId-3="figure-153@8.[189,1398,700,1909]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="6" captionTargetPageId-2="7" captionTargetPageId-3="8" captionText-0="Fig. 1. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586560) habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." captionText-1="Fig. 2. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, paratype, ♀ (NHMUK 013586562), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." captionText-2="Fig. 3. Fusius gowdeyi Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586565), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." captionText-3="Fig. 4. Fusius liberiensis Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586567), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259351" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259353" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259355" figureDoi-3="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259357" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/10259351/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/10259353/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/10259355/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/10259357/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Figs 1–4</figureCitation>
); second to seventh abdominal sternites of male yellowish brown (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FE09FCC4FE4BFCF0" box="[401,490,788,814]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[189,232,1487,1513]" captionTargetBox="[291,1294,299,1410]" captionTargetId="figure-86@7.[266,1322,265,1446]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 3. Fusius gowdeyi Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586565), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259355" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259355/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
) to blackish brown (
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, 
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FCDFFCC4FCCCFCF0" box="[839,877,788,814]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="8.[189,232,1963,1989]" captionTargetBox="[213,1374,728,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-153@8.[189,1398,700,1909]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Fig. 4. Fusius liberiensis Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586567), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259357" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259357/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">4B</figureCitation>
), eighth abdominal sternite yellowish brown (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FF5DFCE7FE86FC8F" box="[197,295,823,849]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[189,232,1871,1897]" captionTargetBox="[229,1354,298,1777]" captionTargetId="figure-11@5.[189,1398,265,1822]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 1. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586560) habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259351" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259351/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Figs 1B</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FEAFFCE7FEFAFC8F" box="[311,347,823,849]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[189,232,1487,1513]" captionTargetBox="[291,1294,299,1410]" captionTargetId="figure-86@7.[266,1322,265,1446]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 3. Fusius gowdeyi Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586565), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259355" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259355/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">3B</figureCitation>
, 
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), male genitalia brown (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FD2FFCE7FCB5FC8F" box="[695,788,823,849]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[189,232,1487,1513]" captionTargetBox="[291,1294,299,1410]" captionTargetId="figure-86@7.[266,1322,265,1446]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 3. Fusius gowdeyi Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586565), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259355" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259355/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
) to blackish brown (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FB89FCE7FBD2FC8F" box="[1041,1139,823,849]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[189,232,1871,1897]" captionTargetBox="[229,1354,298,1777]" captionTargetId="figure-11@5.[189,1398,265,1822]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 1. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586560) habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259351" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259351/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Figs 1B</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FB1BFCE7FB09FC8F" box="[1155,1192,823,849]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="8.[189,232,1963,1989]" captionTargetBox="[213,1374,728,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-153@8.[189,1398,700,1909]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Fig. 4. Fusius liberiensis Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586567), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259357" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259357/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">4B</figureCitation>
); second to sixth abdominal sternites of female yellowish brown to blackish brown, seventh abdominal sternite black with anterior margin yellowish brown, female genitalia brown (
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).
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. As in generic description. Fifth abdominal sternite of male with a small process on left side (
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, 
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, in red circles). This process is not the typical extragenital structure which present on some species of other peiratine genera such as 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FC95FBD6FC00FBC1" box="[781,929,1030,1055]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Ectomocoris</emphasis>
Mayr, 1865
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D91BFF83FBD9FBD5FAD0FBC1" authority="Stal, 1866" authorityName="Stal" authorityYear="1866" box="[1089,1393,1029,1056]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Microsandalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FBD9FBD5FB51FBC1" box="[1089,1264,1029,1055]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Microsandalus</emphasis>
Stål, 1866
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, 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FF26FBF9FE9EFB9C" box="[190,319,1065,1090]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Neopirates</emphasis>
Miller, 1952
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FE7AFBF9FDE5FB9C" box="[482,580,1065,1090]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Peirates</emphasis>
Serville, 1831
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FCBDFBF9FC3DFB9D" box="[805,924,1065,1091]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Phalantus</emphasis>
Stål, 1863
</taxonomicName>
(
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; 
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Malipatil 
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) as it is located on the fifth abdominal sternite while others are all located on the seventh sternites.
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. Median pygophore process strongly twisted (
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), knife-shaped in lateral view with apex truncated (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FE25FB60FDBAFB15" box="[445,539,1200,1227]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,232,1842,1868]" captionTargetBox="[222,1366,289,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-15@10.[189,1398,265,1792]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 5. Male genitalia of Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, non-type specimen from Nigeria (NHMUK). A–C. Pygophore. D. Left paramere. E. Right paramere. F–I. Phallus. A, G. Ventral view. B. Caudal view. C, H, I. Lateral view. D, E. Outer ventrolateral view. F. Dorsal view. Scale bar: A–E = 1.00 mm; F–I = 0.90 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259359" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259359/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Fig. 5C</figureCitation>
); left paramere (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FD7EFB60FCE5FB15" box="[742,836,1200,1227]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,232,1842,1868]" captionTargetBox="[222,1366,289,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-15@10.[189,1398,265,1792]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 5. Male genitalia of Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, non-type specimen from Nigeria (NHMUK). A–C. Pygophore. D. Left paramere. E. Right paramere. F–I. Phallus. A, G. Ventral view. B. Caudal view. C, H, I. Lateral view. D, E. Outer ventrolateral view. F. Dorsal view. Scale bar: A–E = 1.00 mm; F–I = 0.90 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259359" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259359/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Fig. 5D</figureCitation>
) slightly longer than right paramere (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FA94FB60FAC8FB15" box="[1292,1385,1200,1227]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,232,1842,1868]" captionTargetBox="[222,1366,289,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-15@10.[189,1398,265,1792]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 5. Male genitalia of Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, non-type specimen from Nigeria (NHMUK). A–C. Pygophore. D. Left paramere. E. Right paramere. F–I. Phallus. A, G. Ventral view. B. Caudal view. C, H, I. Lateral view. D, E. Outer ventrolateral view. F. Dorsal view. Scale bar: A–E = 1.00 mm; F–I = 0.90 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259359" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259359/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Fig. 5E</figureCitation>
), apex of left paramere truncated (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FDADFB04FD30FB30" box="[565,657,1235,1262]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,232,1842,1868]" captionTargetBox="[222,1366,289,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-15@10.[189,1398,265,1792]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 5. Male genitalia of Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, non-type specimen from Nigeria (NHMUK). A–C. Pygophore. D. Left paramere. E. Right paramere. F–I. Phallus. A, G. Ventral view. B. Caudal view. C, H, I. Lateral view. D, E. Outer ventrolateral view. F. Dorsal view. Scale bar: A–E = 1.00 mm; F–I = 0.90 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259359" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259359/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Fig. 5D</figureCitation>
), apex of right paramere with a small mastoid process (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FA96FB04FAC9FB30" box="[1294,1384,1235,1262]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,232,1842,1868]" captionTargetBox="[222,1366,289,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-15@10.[189,1398,265,1792]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 5. Male genitalia of Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, non-type specimen from Nigeria (NHMUK). A–C. Pygophore. D. Left paramere. E. Right paramere. F–I. Phallus. A, G. Ventral view. B. Caudal view. C, H, I. Lateral view. D, E. Outer ventrolateral view. F. Dorsal view. Scale bar: A–E = 1.00 mm; F–I = 0.90 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259359" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259359/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Fig. 5E</figureCitation>
); apical margin of dorsal phallothecal sclerite arcuate (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FCABFB27FC2FFACC" box="[819,910,1271,1298]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,232,1842,1868]" captionTargetBox="[222,1366,289,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-15@10.[189,1398,265,1792]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 5. Male genitalia of Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, non-type specimen from Nigeria (NHMUK). A–C. Pygophore. D. Left paramere. E. Right paramere. F–I. Phallus. A, G. Ventral view. B. Caudal view. C, H, I. Lateral view. D, E. Outer ventrolateral view. F. Dorsal view. Scale bar: A–E = 1.00 mm; F–I = 0.90 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259359" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259359/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Fig. 5F</figureCitation>
); process on lower right corner of lateral phallothecal sclerite distinct and round (
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D91BFF83FD0DFACAFD49FAEB" box="[661,744,1306,1333]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,232,1842,1868]" captionTargetBox="[222,1366,289,1752]" captionTargetId="figure-15@10.[189,1398,265,1792]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 5. Male genitalia of Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, non-type specimen from Nigeria (NHMUK). A–C. Pygophore. D. Left paramere. E. Right paramere. F–I. Phallus. A, G. Ventral view. B. Caudal view. C, H, I. Lateral view. D, E. Outer ventrolateral view. F. Dorsal view. Scale bar: A–E = 1.00 mm; F–I = 0.90 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259359" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259359/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Fig. 5I</figureCitation>
). Other structures as in generic description.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35B6539D91BFF83FF25FA8BFC53FA35" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D91BFF83FF25FA8BFEF7FAAB" blockId="9.[189,342,1371,1397]" box="[189,342,1371,1397]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">
<heading id="D0B681DED91BFF83FF25FA8BFEF7FAAB" bold="true" box="[189,342,1371,1397]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FF25FA8BFEF7FAAB" bold="true" box="[189,342,1371,1397]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Distribution</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D91BFF83FF25FA5AFC53FA35" blockId="9.[186,1398,1418,1515]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D91BFF83FF25FA5AFEBBFA7A" box="[189,282,1418,1444]" name="Nigeria" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
: Calabar, lbadan; 
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D91BFF83FE7BFA5AFDC0FA7A" box="[483,609,1418,1444]" name="Cameroon" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
; 
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D91BFF83FDF2FA5AFD1CFA7A" box="[618,701,1418,1444]" name="Gabon" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Gabon</collectingCountry>
: Libreville; 
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D91BFF83FCDEFA5AFC07FA7A" box="[838,934,1418,1444]" name="Uganda" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Uganda</collectingCountry>
: Luzinga Village, South of Lake George; 
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D91BFF83FF22FA7DFEB2FA19" box="[186,275,1453,1479]" name="Liberia" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Liberia</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingRegion id="4985F850D91BFF83FE85FA7DFEC2FA19" box="[285,355,1453,1479]" country="Liberia" name="Sinoe" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Sinoe</collectingRegion>
; 
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D91BFF83FEF6FA7EFE1EFA16" box="[366,447,1454,1480]" name="Kenya" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Kenya</collectingCountry>
: Maragoli; 
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D91BFF83FDDBFA7DFD7DFA16" box="[579,732,1453,1480]" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
; 
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D91BFF83FD7FFA7DFCE1FA19" box="[743,832,1453,1479]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Guinea</collectingCountry>
: Mount Nimba (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF83FC64FA7DFB38FA19" author="Villiers A." box="[1020,1177,1453,1479]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" pagination="479 - 565" refId="ref13856" refString="Villiers A. 1963. La Reserve Naturelle Integrale du Mont Nimba. X - XV. Hemiptera, Reduviidae. Memoires de l'Institut francais d'Afrique noire 66: 479 - 565." type="journal article" year="1963">Villiers 1963</bibRefCitation>
); 
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D91BFF83FB34FA7DFABBFA19" box="[1196,1306,1453,1479]" name="Tanzania" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingRegion id="4985F850D91BFF83FABCFA7DFEA5FA34" country="Tanzania" name="Kusini Pemba" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Pemba Island</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF83FE8BFA00FE19FA34" author="Dispons P." box="[275,440,1488,1514]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons 1969</bibRefCitation>
) 
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D91BFF83FE50FA00FDA7FA34" box="[456,518,1488,1514]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Zaire</collectingCountry>
[
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D91BFF83FD8CFA01FD39FA35" box="[532,664,1489,1515]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">DR Congo</collectingCountry>
] (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF83FD36FA00FC44FA35" author="Maldonado Capriles J." box="[686,997,1488,1515]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" refId="ref13304" refString="Maldonado Capriles J. 1990. Systematic Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera). A special edition of Caribbean Journal of Science, Mayaguez." type="book" year="1990">Maldonado Capriles 1990</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35B6539D91BFF81FF25F9C2FDC9FB76" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="36" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D91BFF83FF25F9C2FE8EF9F2" blockId="9.[189,303,1554,1580]" box="[189,303,1554,1580]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">
<heading id="D0B681DED91BFF83FF25F9C2FE8EF9F2" bold="true" box="[189,303,1554,1580]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FF25F9C2FE8EF9F2" bold="true" box="[189,303,1554,1580]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Remarks</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D91BFF83FF25F991FD22F91A" blockId="9.[189,1399,1600,1732]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">
In the original description, 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF83FD93F990FD0FF985" author="Miller N. C. E." box="[523,686,1600,1627]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" pagination="29 - 81" refId="ref13492" refString="Miller N. C. E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History) 5: 29 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1507" type="journal article" year="1957">Miller (1957)</bibRefCitation>
recorded that all 
<specimenCount id="9D47FD3BD91BFF83FC12F990FB97F985" box="[906,1078,1600,1627]" count="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" type="generic" typeStatus="paratype">four paratypes</specimenCount>
of 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FBFDF991FB77F984" box="[1125,1238,1600,1626]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">F. dilutus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF83FB79F990FAD6F985" author="Miller N. C. E." box="[1249,1399,1600,1627]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" pagination="29 - 81" refId="ref13492" refString="Miller N. C. E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History) 5: 29 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1507" type="journal article" year="1957">Miller, 1957</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
are males. However, after examining the type specimens, we found that 
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from Calabar (NHMUK 013586562) and the 
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from the 
<collectingCountry id="F3567622D91BFF83FC8FF957FC3CF97F" box="[791,925,1671,1697]" name="Cameroon" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Cameroons</collectingCountry>
(NHMUK 013586563) are female (see detailed specimen information above).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D91BFF81FF25F93CFDABFE52" blockId="9.[188,1399,1771,2009]" lastBlockId="11.[189,1399,265,396]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="36" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">
In his revision of 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FE00F93CFE47F8DB" box="[408,486,1772,1797]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">Fusius</emphasis>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF83FE60F93BFD10F8DB" author="Dispons P." box="[504,689,1771,1797]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons (1969)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
realized that the characters 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF83FB91F93BFB0AF8D8" author="Miller N. C. E." box="[1033,1195,1771,1798]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" pagination="29 - 81" refId="ref13492" refString="Miller N. C. E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History) 5: 29 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1507" type="journal article" year="1957">Miller (1957)</bibRefCitation>
used to separate these species were relatively inconspicuous and that some of them were only intraspecific differences. Therefore, 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FEA6F8E3FE0BF892" box="[318,426,1842,1868]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">F. dilutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D91BFF83FE20F8E3FD6CF893" authority="Miller, 1957" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1957" box="[440,717,1842,1869]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gowdeyi">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FE20F8E3FD97F892" box="[440,566,1842,1868]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">F. gowdeyi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF83FDA4F8E2FD6CF893" author="Miller N. C. E." box="[572,717,1842,1869]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" pagination="29 - 81" refId="ref13492" refString="Miller N. C. E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History) 5: 29 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1507" type="journal article" year="1957">Miller, 1957</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D91BFF83FC9CF8E3FB93F893" authority="Miller, 1957" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1957" box="[772,1074,1842,1869]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liberiensis">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FC9CF8E3FC3BF892" box="[772,922,1842,1868]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">F. liberiensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF83FC39F8E2FB93F893" author="Miller N. C. E." box="[929,1074,1842,1869]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" pagination="29 - 81" refId="ref13492" refString="Miller N. C. E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History) 5: 29 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1507" type="journal article" year="1957">Miller, 1957</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
were included in one group with the bicolor anterior lobe of the pronotum, the presence of the asymmetrical process on the fifth abdominal sternite and the same 
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D91BFF83FDD1F8A9FDDDF84D" box="[585,636,1913,1939]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">type</typeStatus>
of the male genitalia, and the latter two species were degraded as subspecies of 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D91BFF83FE13F84CFD1CF86B" authority="(Dispons 1969)" baseAuthorityName="Dispons" baseAuthorityYear="1969" box="[395,701,1947,1973]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilutus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FE13F84CFE5BF86B" box="[395,506,1947,1973]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">F. dilutus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF83FD91F84BFD15F86B" author="Dispons P." box="[521,692,1947,1973]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons 1969</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF83FD52F84BFC23F86B" author="Dispons P." box="[714,898,1947,1973]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons (1969)</bibRefCitation>
also described another two subspecies of 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D91BFF83FF27F86FFE88F807" baseAuthorityName="Dispons" baseAuthorityYear="1969" box="[191,297,1983,2009]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilutus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FF27F86FFE88F807" box="[191,297,1983,2009]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">F. dilutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D91BFF83FEAFF86FFD0CF807" authority="Dispons, 1969" authorityName="Dispons" authorityYear="1969" box="[311,685,1983,2009]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="dilutus" subSpecies="vicinus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FEAFF86FFE5CF806" box="[311,509,1983,2009]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">F. dilutus vicinus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF83FD9CF86FFD0CF807" author="Dispons P." box="[516,685,1983,2009]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons, 1969</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D91BFF83FD7CF86FFB31F807" authority="Dispons, 1969" authorityName="Dispons" authorityYear="1969" box="[740,1168,1983,2009]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="dilutus" subSpecies="anonynmus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D91BFF83FD7CF86FFC7CF806" box="[740,989,1983,2009]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="34">F. dilutus anonynmus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF83FC7CF86FFB31F807" author="Dispons P." box="[996,1168,1983,2009]" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons, 1969</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. In the key 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D91BFF81FA8EF86FFEAAFEFD" author="Dispons P." lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="36" pageId="9" pageNumber="34" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons (1969)</bibRefCitation>
provided, the following characters were used to distinguish the five subspecies of 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D919FF81FB4EFEDAFAE2FEFD" baseAuthorityName="Dispons" baseAuthorityYear="1969" box="[1238,1347,265,291]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilutus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FB4EFEDAFAE2FEFD" box="[1238,1347,265,291]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. dilutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: the anterior lobe of the pronotum with coppery green luster or not, the red area along the anterior margin of the anterior lobe of the pronotum narrow or wide and the pronotal transverse sulcus nearly straight or distinctly angulate medially.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D918FF80FF25F8E2FED4F868" blockId="10.[189,1399,1842,1974]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FF25F8E2FEB1F892" bold="true" box="[189,272,1842,1868]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">Fig. 5.</emphasis>
Male genitalia of 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D918FF80FE60F8E3FCE4F893" authority="Miller, 1957" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1957" box="[504,837,1842,1869]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilutus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FE60F8E3FD03F892" box="[504,674,1842,1868]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">Fusius dilutus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D918FF80FD35F8E2FCE4F893" author="Miller N. C. E." box="[685,837,1842,1869]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35" pagination="29 - 81" refId="ref13492" refString="Miller N. C. E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History) 5: 29 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1507" type="journal article" year="1957">Miller, 1957</bibRefCitation>
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, non-type specimen from Nigeria (NHMUK). 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FF25F885FF57F8B1" bold="true" box="[189,246,1877,1903]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">A–C</emphasis>
. Pygophore. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FE00F885FE0CF8B1" bold="true" box="[408,429,1877,1903]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">D</emphasis>
. Left paramere. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FDEFF885FD2AF8B1" bold="true" box="[631,651,1877,1903]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">E</emphasis>
. Right paramere. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FCFDF885FC30F8B1" bold="true" box="[869,913,1877,1903]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">F–I</emphasis>
. Phallus. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FB92F885FBBEF8B1" bold="true" box="[1034,1055,1877,1903]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">A</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FBA8F885FBE6F8B1" bold="true" box="[1072,1095,1877,1903]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">G</emphasis>
. Ventral view. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FA99F885FAB2F8B1" bold="true" box="[1281,1299,1877,1903]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">B</emphasis>
. Caudal view. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FE9BF8A8FEB9F84C" bold="true" box="[259,280,1912,1938]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">C</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FEBFF8A8FE9FF84C" bold="true" box="[295,318,1912,1938]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">H</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FED5F8A8FEF9F84C" bold="true" box="[333,344,1912,1938]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">I</emphasis>
. Lateral view. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FD9FF8A8FDBDF84C" bold="true" box="[519,540,1912,1938]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">D</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FDB3F8A8FD9EF84C" bold="true" box="[555,575,1912,1938]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">E</emphasis>
. Outer ventrolateral view. 
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D918FF80FCE2F8A8FC2DF84C" bold="true" box="[890,908,1912,1938]" pageId="10" pageNumber="35">F</emphasis>
. Dorsal view. Scale bar: A–E = 1.00 mm; F–I = 0.90 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D919FF81FF25FE64FAFFFC8C" blockId="11.[188,1400,436,850]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">
After examining type specimens and other material of these taxa, we found that the coppery green luster may have faded in some dry specimens, for example, the luster is not obvious in 
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D919FF81FBE8FE07FB43FE2F" box="[1136,1250,471,497]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" type="holotype">holotypes</typeStatus>
of 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FA92FE08FAD7FE2F" box="[1290,1398,471,497]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. dilutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D919FF81FF5EFE2AFE85FDCB" box="[198,292,506,533]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[189,232,1871,1897]" captionTargetBox="[229,1354,298,1777]" captionTargetId="figure-11@5.[189,1398,265,1822]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 1. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586560) habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259351" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259351/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
) and 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FEF4FE2BFDA7FDCA" box="[364,518,506,532]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. liberiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D919FF81FD81FE2AFDD9FDCB" box="[537,632,506,533]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="8.[189,232,1963,1989]" captionTargetBox="[213,1374,728,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-153@8.[189,1398,700,1909]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Fig. 4. Fusius liberiensis Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586567), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259357" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259357/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">Fig. 4A</figureCitation>
) as 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D919FF81FD35FE2AFCF1FDCB" author="Miller N. C. E." box="[685,848,506,533]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" pagination="29 - 81" refId="ref13492" refString="Miller N. C. E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History) 5: 29 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1507" type="journal article" year="1957">Miller (1957)</bibRefCitation>
and 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D919FF81FC16FE2AFBE7FDCA" author="Dispons P." box="[910,1094,506,532]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons (1969)</bibRefCitation>
recorded that could be a diagnostic character. The red area along the anterior margin of the anterior lobe of the pronotum could be a character that changes continuously, varying from thin and obscure to distinct and moderately wide. 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D919FF81FF24FDB4FED2FDA0" author="Dispons P." box="[188,371,612,638]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons (1969)</bibRefCitation>
recorded that the pronotal transverse sulcus is nearly straight in 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FBE5FDB5FAE4FDA0" box="[1149,1349,612,638]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. dilutus dilutus</emphasis>
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and distinctly angulate medially in 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D919FF81FDB1FD58FCB9FD7F" authorityName="Dispons" authorityYear="1969" box="[553,792,647,673]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="dilutus" subSpecies="liberiensis">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FDB1FD58FCB9FD7F" box="[553,792,647,673]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. dilutus liberiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D919FF81FCC9FD58FB86FD7F" authorityName="Dispons" authorityYear="1957" box="[849,1063,647,673]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="dilutus" subSpecies="gowdeyi">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FCC9FD58FB86FD7F" box="[849,1063,647,673]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. dilutus gowdeyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, we observed that the pronotal transverse sulcus of the 
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of 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D919FF81FC9DFD7BFCD2FD1A" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1957" box="[773,883,682,708]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilutus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FC9DFD7BFCD2FD1A" box="[773,883,682,708]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. dilutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D919FF81FC1CFD7AFC40FD1B" box="[900,993,682,709]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[189,232,1871,1897]" captionTargetBox="[229,1354,298,1777]" captionTargetId="figure-11@5.[189,1398,265,1822]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 1. Fusius dilutus Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586560) habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259351" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259351/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
) is also angulate medially, and on the contrary, the pronotal transverse sulcus of the 
<typeStatus id="54FA8810D919FF81FC9AFD1EFCC8FD36" box="[770,873,718,744]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D919FF81FC15FD1EFBADFD36" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1957" box="[909,1036,718,744]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gowdeyi">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FC15FD1EFBADFD36" box="[909,1036,718,744]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. gowdeyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D919FF81FB83FD1EFBD6FD36" box="[1051,1143,718,744]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[189,232,1487,1513]" captionTargetBox="[291,1294,299,1410]" captionTargetId="figure-86@7.[266,1322,265,1446]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 3. Fusius gowdeyi Miller, 1957, holotype, ♂ (NHMUK 013586565), habitus. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259355" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259355/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">Fig. 3A</figureCitation>
) seems straighter. So, the shape of the pronotal transverse sulcus is not a stable character to distinguish different subspecies neither. Besides, the presence of the asymmetrical process on the fifth abdominal sternite is indeed observed in all male type specimens of these taxa, which could be a structural diagnosis of 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D919FF81FB73FCE8FAF6FC8F" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1957" box="[1259,1367,823,849]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilutus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FB73FCE8FAF6FC8F" box="[1259,1367,823,849]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. dilutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D919FF81FF25FCA9FAC9FC22" blockId="11.[187,1399,889,1021]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">
Moreover, the variations of the characters mentioned above are independent of distribution, and according to the label information and existing literature, the distribution of this species is continuous across central Africa and mainly at low altitude (see 
<figureCitation id="137A2A37D919FF81FDEDFC6FFD69FC07" box="[629,712,959,985]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="27.[187,230,1998,2024]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,824,1951]" captionTargetId="figure-215@27.[189,1398,824,1951]" captionTargetPageId="27" captionText="Fig. 16. Distribution of Fusius Stål, 1862." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10259387" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10259387/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
, circular marks). In particular, the 
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locality of 
<taxonomicName id="4C414D31D919FF81FA93FC10FE93FC22" authorityName="Dispons" authorityYear="1969" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Fusius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="dilutus" subSpecies="anonymus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FA93FC10FE93FC22" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. dilutus anonymus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is unknown (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D919FF81FE48FC32FDD7FC22" author="Dispons P." box="[464,630,994,1020]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons 1969</bibRefCitation>
), which makes it harder to assign specimens into this subspecies.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36B2D919FF81FF25FBF4FDC9FB76" blockId="11.[187,1398,1060,1192]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">
To sum up, the morphological and distributional differences of the taxa discussed above are insufficient to classify them into different subspecies. Hence, we regard 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FCF6FB98FC4AFBBF" box="[878,1003,1095,1121]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. gowdeyi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D919FF81FC76FB97FB21FBBC" author="Miller N. C. E." box="[1006,1152,1095,1122]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" pagination="29 - 81" refId="ref13492" refString="Miller N. C. E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History) 5: 29 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1507" type="journal article" year="1957">Miller, 1957</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FB13FB98FABEFBBF" box="[1163,1311,1095,1121]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. liberiensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D919FF81FABFFB97FF59FB5B" author="Miller N. C. E." pageId="11" pageNumber="36" pagination="29 - 81" refId="ref13492" refString="Miller N. C. E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History) 5: 29 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1507" type="journal article" year="1957">Miller, 1957</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FE92FBBBFE5DFB5A" box="[266,508,1130,1156]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. dilutus anonymus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D919FF81FD9EFBBAFD17FB5A" author="Dispons P." box="[518,694,1130,1156]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons, 1969</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FD63FBBBFC68FB5A" box="[763,969,1130,1156]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. dilutus vicinus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D919FF81FC4CFBBAFB20FB5A" author="Dispons P." box="[980,1153,1130,1156]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref12586" refString="Dispons P. 1969. Les Piratinae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Premiere note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 45: 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1969">Dispons, 1969</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
as junior subjective synonyms of 
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<emphasis id="B935EAA0D919FF81FEC3FB5EFE69FB79" box="[347,456,1165,1191]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="36">F. dilutus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B43D919FF81FE57FB5DFDC5FB76" author="Miller N. C. E." box="[463,612,1165,1192]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" pagination="29 - 81" refId="ref13492" refString="Miller N. C. E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History) 5: 29 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1507" type="journal article" year="1957">Miller, 1957</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
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