Sejanus funerellus Schuh, 1984

Menard, Katrina L. & Schuh, Randall T., 2011, Revision Of Leucophoropterini: Diagnoses, Key To Genera, Redescription Of The Australian Fauna, And Descriptions Of New Indo-Pacific Genera And Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (361), pp. 1-159 : 134-135

Sejanus funerellus Schuh Figure 36

Sejanus funerellus Schuh, 1984: 170 , figs. 498, 551, 567–569 (diag., descr., disc., n. sp., diag., descr., DV, MG).

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by relatively small size and ovoid shape, overall castaneous coloration without white pigmentation on corium or cuneus, yellowish antennal segment 1, proximal half of segment 2, and pro- and mesotibiae, and endosoma with an ovoid secondary gonopore.

DESCRIPTION: See Schuh (1984).

HOSTS: Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: Philippine Islands.

DISCUSSION: Schuh (1984) stated that S. funerellus is similar in size and coloration to S. funereus and S. funerioides , but is distinguished from those two species based on dimensions and shape of secondary gonopore.

HOLOTYPE: PHILIPPINE ISLANDS: Negros Island : Camp Lookout, Dumaguete, May 20, 1961, T.C. Schneirla and A. Reyes. 18 ( AMNH).

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: PHILIPPINES: Negros Oriental: Dumaguete, Camp Lookout , 9.3103 ° N 123.3081 ° E, 06 Feb 1961, T. Schneirla & A. Reyes, paratype, 18 (00196134) ( AMNH) ; 15 Feb 1961 – 14 Apr 1961, T. Schneirla & A. Reyes, paratype, 108 (00196120–00196121, 00196123–00196128, 00196132–00196133) ( AMNH) ; 20 Mar 1961, T. Schneirla & A. Reyes, paratype, 18 (00196129) ( AMNH) ; 03 May 1961, T. Schneirla & A. Reyes, 18 (00196137) ( AMNH) ; 20 May 1961, T. Schneirla & A. Reyes, paratype, 38 (00196130, 00196135–00196136) ( AMNH) ; 22 May 1961, T. Schneirla & A. Reyes, paratype, 28 (00196119, 00196131) ( AMNH) ; 25 May 1961, T. Schneirla & A. Reyes, paratype, 18 (00196122) ( AMNH) .

Figures

Figure 36. Distribution of Sejanus spp. in the Philippines and New Guinea (F–M).