Polytoxus eumorphus Miller, 1941

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 : 19

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5325170
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5344343
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scientific name	Polytoxus eumorphus Miller, 1941
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Polytoxus eumorphus Miller, 1941 View in CoL

Polytoxus eumorphus Miller, 1941: 780 View in CoL . HOLOTYPE (J): Malaysia: Selangor, Kuala Lumpur (BMNH).

References. MALDONADO CAPRILES (1990): 475 (catalogue); ISHIKAWA & YANO (2002): 344 (diagnosis, male genitalia, variability, figures, records, distribution), 357, 358 (in key); ISHIKAWA & OKAJIMA (2003): 133 (diagnosis, record, distribution, photo), 139 (in key); ISHIKAWA & YANO (2006): 12 (record, distribution).

Material examined. TAIWAN: KAOHSIUNG COUNTY: ‘Takao’ [= Kaohsiung], 1907, leg. Sauter (2 ♀♀, HNHM). PINGTUNG COUNTY: Hen[g]chun, Kenting [National Park], 22.v.1989, sweeping, leg. K. W. Huang (1 J, NMNS, ENT 444-50). FUJIAN COUNTY: Kinmen, forest branch, 4.–5.viii.1998, at UV light, leg. W. T. Yang (1 ♀, NMNS, ENT 2935-197).

Diagnosis. This species can be recognized by its small size (5–6 mm), conspicuous long and dense, semierect to erect pubescence of the body and the presence of only one longitudinal vein in the proximal part of the basal cell of the fore wing. It is readily identified using the characters given in the redescription and figures provided by ISHIKAWA & YANO (2002).

Distribution. Japan: the Ryūkyūs; Taiwan! (new record); Vietnam; Malaysia: Selangor.