Polytoxus rufinervis ardens, Ishikawa & Yano, 2002

Rédei, Dávid & Tsai, Jing-Fu, 2010, A survey of the saicine assassin bugs of Taiwan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1), pp. 15-32 : 28

Polytoxus rufinervis ardens Ishikawa & Yano, 2002, stat. nov.

( Figs. 33–42 )

Polytoxus ardens Ishikawa & Yano, 2002: 349. HOLOTYPE (J): Japan: the Ryūkyūs , Okinawa Is., Yona ( NSMT).

References. ISHIKAWA & YANO (2006): 12 (record, distribution).

Material examined. TAIWAN: TAIPEI COUNTY: Wulai , 3.vi.1997, leg. C. I. Hsiao (1 ♀, NTU, det. as Polytoxus insularis sp. n. by W. Cai, 1997) ; same locality, 17.x.1997, leg. J. L. Tong (1 J [ Figs. 33–56 ], NTU) ; Xindian Guanghsin, leg. Y.S. Wu (1♀, NTU). ILAN COUNTY: Fushan Botanical Garden , meadow, N24°45.361′ E121°35.761′, 636 m, at light, 16.ix.2007, leg. D. Rédei & J. F. Tsai (1 ♀, HNHM) ; Fushan , 4.vi.1997, leg. Y. W. Hua (1 ♀, NTU) ; same locality, 15.x.1997, leg. W. I. Chou (2 JJ 1 ♀, NTU) ; same locality, 3.x.1994 23:00, forest #1, sheet light trap, leg. A. Warneke (1 ♀, TFRI, barcode No. 00079631) .

Diagnosis. It differs from the nominotypical subspecies by the presence of a distinct longitudinal brown stripe in the middle of the fore wing.

Distribution. Japan: Honshū, Shikoku, Kyūshū, Amami-Oshima, Okinawa; Taiwan! (new record).

Figures

Figs. 33–38. Polytoxus rufinervis ardens Ishikawa & Yano, 2002, male, Taiwan. 33 – pygophore, dorsal view; 34 – same, lateral view; 35 – superoposterior process of pygophore, lateral view; 36–38 – left paramere, three different aspects. Scales in mm.

Figs. 39–56. Polytoxus rufinervis ardens Ishikawa & Yano, 2002, male, Taiwan.39 – phallus, dorsal view; 40 – same, ventral view, articulatory apparatus omitted; 41 – same, lateral view, from right; 42 – same, from left, articulatory apparatus omitted; 43–56 – endosomal processes in different aspects (43–45 – process ‘A’; 46–47 – process ‘B’; 48–49 – process ‘C’; 50–51 – process ‘D’; 52 – process ‘E’; 53–54 – process ‘F’; 55–56 – process ‘G’). Scales in mm.