Sejanus hongkong 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 : 153

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/361.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5478561
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scientific name	Sejanus hongkong Schuh
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Sejanus hongkong Schuh View in CoL

Sejanus hongkong Schuh, 1984: 173 View in CoL , figs. 556–560, 571, 573–579 (n. sp., diag., descr., DV, figs. head-pronotum, MG).

DISCUSSION: Schuh (1984) speculated that Sejanus hongkong may later be found to be an independent lineage from Sejanus once more information was gathered. Based on the results of a subfamily analysis (Menard et al., in press), we believe that the following combination of characters confirm that it is not a member of Leucophoropterini : the left paramere has the anterior and posterior processes of equal length, with the anterior process relatively thick ( Schuh, 1984: fig. 578); the overall shape of the left paramere is more similar to many Hallodapini (e.g., Hallodapus albofasciatus [Motschulsky]; Schuh, 1984: fig. 385) than Leucophoropterini (e.g., Sejanus funereus ; Schuh, 1984: fig. 565); the extremely narrow apex of the phallotheca is more similar to members of the Karoocapsus group (e.g., K. middelburgensis ; Schuh, 1974: fig. 204) than most Leucophoropterini with triangular-shaped apices of the phallotheca ( Pseudoleucophoroptera ifar ; Schuh, 1984: fig. 767); the sericeous setae on the dorsum ( Schuh, 1984: fig. 571) are not present in any Leucophoropterini with the exception of possibly Arafuramiris , which possesses long, thick setae restricted to the clavus and not across the head and pronotum; and the dark spots at the bases of the spines of the metatibiae, which are not present in any Leucophoropterini .

HOSTS: Unknown, collected in light traps.

DISTRIBUTION: China: Hong Kong.

Holotype: [ CHINA]: Hong Kong: N.T., Taipokau , September 18, 1965, light trap, Lee Kit Ming and Jui Wai Ming collectors. 18 ( BPBM).

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: CHINA: HONG KONG: New Territories : Castle Peak, 22.39975 ° N 113.96669 ° E, 44 m, 06 Aug 1964 – 13 Aug 1964, W.J. Voss and Wai Ming Hui, paratype, 18 (00321142) ( BPBM). Tai Po Kau, 22.4333 ° N 114.1833 ° E, 222 m, 01 Jun 1964, Lee Kit Ming and Hui Wai Ming, Light Trap, paratype, 18 (00196394) ( AMNH), Light Trap, paratype, 18 (00321129), 1♀ (00321130) ( BPBM) GoogleMaps ; 05 Jun 1964, W.J. Voss and Wai Ming Hui, Light Trap, paratype, 2♀ (00196397, 00196399) ( AMNH), paratype, 18 (00321138) ( BPBM) ; 06 Jun 1964, W.J. Voss and Wai Ming Hui, paratype, 28 (00321136, 00321137) ( BPBM) ; 10 Jun 1964, W.J. Voss and Wai Ming Hui, Light Trap, paratype, 18 (00321139) ( BPBM) ; 16 Jun 1964, W.J. Voss and Wai Ming Hui, Light Trap, paratype, 1♀ (00095340) ( AMNH), Light Trap, paratype, 18 (00321140), 1♀ (00321141) ( BPBM) ; 20 Jun 1964, W.J. Voss and Wai Ming Hui, Light Trap, paratype, 1♀ (00196398) ( AMNH) ; 30 Jun 1964, W.J. Voss and Wai Ming Hui, Light Trap, paratype, 18 (00196395) ( AMNH), paratype, 18 (00321128) ( BPBM) ; 02 Jul 1964 – 06 Jul 1964, Lee Kit Ming and Hui Wai Ming, Light Trap, paratype, 28 (00321131, 00321132) ( BPBM) ; 03 Jul 1964 – 04 Jul 1964, W.J. Voss and Wai Ming Hui, Light Trap, 1♀ (00196400), paratype, 28 (00095339, 00196393) ( AMNH), Light Trap, paratype, 28 (00321133, 00321135), 1♀ (00321134) ( BPBM) ; 01 Sep 1965, Lee Kit Ming and Hui Wai Ming, paratype, 18 (00321127) ( BPBM) ; 02 Sep 1965, Lee Kit Ming and Hui Wai Ming, Light Trap, paratype, 18 (00196396) ( AMNH) ; 18 Sep 1965, Lee Kit Ming and Hui Wai Ming, Light Trap, paratype, 18 (00196392) ( AMNH) .