Sejanus priscillianus (Distant)

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 : 141

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scientific name	Sejanus priscillianus (Distant)
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Sejanus priscillianus (Distant) View in CoL

Idiatella priscillianus Distant, 1910: 20 (descr., n. sp.). Sejanus priscillianus: Carvalho, 1958: 141 View in CoL (cat.);

Schuh, 1984: 180 (diag., descr.).

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by small size, castaneous coloration, cuneus with two large white spots along anterior margin, yellowish procoxae, trochanters, and pro- and mesofemora, and white antennal segment 1.

DESCRIPTION: See Schuh (1984) for a detailed redescription.

HOSTS: Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: India, Sri Lanka.

DISCUSSION: Schuh (1984) investigated the type collection of the Natural History Museum, London, and was only able to find one male from West Bengal, not the holotype that was listed as deposited there. Schuh did not designate this specimen as a lectotype ( Schuh 1984). We were able to examine several specimens of this taxon from the United States National Museum of Natural History (USNM) identified by J.C.M. Carvalho and images of one specimen of the type series taken by Michael Schwartz. However, we were not able to dissect the male genitalia of the USNM specimens due to their teneral state.

HOLOTYPE: INDIA: Jharkhand [Bengal]: Paresnath , 4000–5000 feet, Annandale. 18 ( BMNH) [not examined].

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: SRI LANKA: Central Prov.: Kandy, 7.3016 ° N 80.6476 ° E, 498 m, 25 Mar 1971, P. & P. Spangler, 28 (00271702, 00271759), 18 (00271700) ( USNM).