Ninus insignis Stal

Usinger, Robert L., 1946, Hemiptera Heteroptera of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Bulletin 189, pp. 11-103 : 28

19. Ninus insignis Stal , Freg. Eugenies Resa, Ins., 253, pl. 3, fig. 5 , 1859.

Twenty-one specimens, Piti, May 1, on a high sedge, Usinger ; one specimen, Piti , June 1, Usinger ; two specimens, Piti , July 3, Swezey ; two specimens, Sept. 21, Swezey ; six specimens, Dandan , July 17, Swezey ; one specimen, Fonte Valley , Aug. 7, Swezey ; one specimen, Santa Rosa Peak , May 19, Swezey, all taken on sedges ; three specimens, Mt. Alifan , April 20, Bryan ; one specimen, Merizo , April 24, Bryan ; two specimens, Umatac , May 14, Swezey ; one specimen, Fullaway (1185) .

This monotypic genus was originally described from Guam. Species subsequently referred to Ninus by Distant and Bergroth were shown by Bergroth (Philippine Jour. Sci. 13D: 63, 1918) to belong to Cymoninus Breddin. Bergroth also synonymized stylatus Kirkaldy and singalensis Breddin with insignis and gave the distribution as Ceylon, Fiji, the Philippines, and Guam. I have collected it in the Philippines and also have a specimen from Java.

Figures

FIGURE 5.-Calisius dilaticeps: dorsal view of male showing number and arrangement of granules and tubercles.