Polytoxus annulipes Miyamoto & Lee, 1966

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 : 18-19

Polytoxus annulipes Miyamoto & Lee, 1966

Polytoxus annulipes Miyamoto & Lee, 1966: 356 . HOLOTYPE (J): Korea: Cheju [= Jeju] Island, Sinlye (KUEC).

References. MALDONADO CAPRILES (1990): 474 (catalogue); LEE & KWON (1991): 20 (listed); LEE et al. (1993): 17 (listed); PUTSHKOV & PUTSHKOV (1996): 205 (catalogue, distribution); ISHIKAWA (1999): 21 (pterygopolymorphism, records, habitat); KWON et al. (2001):218 (catalogue, Korea); ISHIKAWA &YANO (2002):343 (diagnosis, male genitalia, variability, figures, records, distribution), 357, 358 (in key); NAKATANI & ISHII (2003): 93 (listed, habitat).

Material examined. TAIWAN: ILAN COUNTY: Fushan Botanical Garden , 24°45.377′N 121°35.678′E, 640 m, 15.ix.2007, sifted from leaf litter, leg. D. Rédei & J. F. Tsai (1 micropterous J, HNHM). TAIPEI COUNTY: Shihding, 10.iv.2001, sweeping, leg. H. T. Shih (1 micropterous J, TARI). TAITUNG COUNTY: Lanyu, Chingching grassland, iv.2003, leg. M. M. Yang (1 J, NCHU; 1 J, HNHM) . VIETNAM: Cuc Phuong National Park , 20°15.586′N 105°42.320′E, 147 m, 20.iv.–1.v.2005, leg. A. Kun (1 ♀, HNHM) .

Diagnosis. The species can be recognized by the small size (6–7 mm), conspicuous long and dense, semierect to erect pubescence of the body and laterally distinctly carinate pronotum with 1+1 dark longitudinal stripes. It is readily identified by its original description and the accompanying figures ( MIYAMOTO & LEE 1966) and the redescription and figures by ISHIKAWA & YANO (2002).

Variability. This species is pterygopolymorphic; both macropterous and micropterous specimens occur in Taiwan.

Distribution. Korea: Jeju Is.; Japan: Honshū, Shikoku, Yakushima Is., the Ryūkyūs; Taiwan! (new record); Vietnam! (new record).

Polytoxus esakii Ishikawa & Yano, 1999

Polytoxus pallens Esaki, 1931: 212 . Nomen nudum.

Polytoxus esakii Ishikawa & Yano, 1999: 341. HOLOTYPE (J): [ Taiwan:] Lanyu : ‘ Shao-Tiengchi’ [= Hsiao-Tien-Chi]

( ELEU). Material examined. TAIWAN: TAITUNG COUNTY: ‘ Taihanroku’ [= Taipan], vii.1908, leg. H. Sauter (1 ♀, HNHM) ;

Lanyu, near Hongtou , taro field, 29.ix.2004, leg. J. Y. Liu (1 ♀, NCHU) ; Lanyu, Langdao , 4.x.2004, leg. J. Y. Liu (1 J, NCHU) ; Lanyu, Yeyou , Hsiao-Tien-Chi, 15.xi.2006, leg. J. F. Tsai (1 J 1 ♀, NCHU) ; Lanyu, Yehyin, Yonghsing Farm, N 22°01′684″ E121°34′671″, 46 m, grassland, sweep-netting, 23.ix.2007, leg. D. Rédei & J. F. Tsai (1 ♂, HNHM) ; ‘ Orchid island’, 5.–7.vii.1988, sweeping net, leg. K. W. Huang (1 ♀, NMNS, ENT 2909-1811 ). PINGTUNG COUNTY: Hengchun, Kenting National Park , N21°57′44.3″ E 120°48′45.3″, canopy net, 18.viii.2008, leg. J. F. Tsai & D. Rédei (1 ♀, NCHU) ; same locality, N part of the park, N21°57′59.6″ E 120°48′55.8″, canopy net, 19.viii.2008, leg. J. F. Tsai & D. Rédei (1 ♀, HNHM) ; same locality, 4.–5.ii.1991, light trap, leg. Y. H. Chen (1 J, NMNS, ENT 750-6 ) .

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by its relatively large size (11–13 mm), characteristically spotted fore wings and the presence of tufts of stiff setae on the head ventrolaterally and on the fore femur ventrally. It is readily recognized using the characters given in the original description and figures ( ISHIKAWA & YANO 1999).

Distribution. Taiwan!