Sejanus sinuosus 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 : 142

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Sejanus sinuosus Schuh View in CoL Figure 37 View Figure 37

Sejanus sinuosus Schuh, 1984: 182 View in CoL , figs. 500, 610, 622–624 (diag., descr., disc., n. sp., diag., descr., DV, MG).

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by completely dark to castaneous coloration with cuneus lacking any white pigmentation, elongate body form with nearly parallel lateral mar- gins, relatively small head and eyes, posterior process of left paramere without sensory pits, and endosoma S-shaped, split into two overlapping straps at apex, and without a visible secondary gonopore.

DESCRIPTION: See Schuh (1984).

HOSTS: Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DISCUSSION: Sejanus sinuosus is one of the only species of Sejanus with an S-shaped, narrow endosoma ( Schuh 1984: fig. 622). However, the overall dark coloration, the small size, and the presence of only simple setae, unite this species with the majority of the taxa in this genus.

HOLOTYPE: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Morobe Prov.: Mindik , 1200–1600 m, September 1968, N.L.K. Krauss. 18 ( BMNH) [not examined].

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: East New Britain Province: Vunabakan, 10 km E. of Keravat., 4.34835 ° S 152.0956 ° E, 180 m, 16 Nov 1959 – 20 Nov 1959, T.C. Maa, paratype, 48 (00321099, 00321118–00321120) ( BPBM). Eastern Highlands: Moife, 6.44437 ° S 145.48958 ° E, 2100 m, 07 Oct 1959 – 14 Oct 1959, T.C. Maa, paratype, 38 (00196414–00196416) ( AMNH), paratype, 48 (00321121–00321124) ( BPBM). Moife, 15 km NW of Okapa, 6.43206 ° S 145.49581 ° E, 2100 m, 07 Oct 1959 – 14 Oct 1959, T.C. Maa, paratype, 28 (00321116, 00321117) ( BPBM). Tapo (Tapu), 3 km NW of Kainantu, 6.233 ° S 145.833 ° E, 1650 m, 22 Oct 1959, T.C. Maa, paratype, 18 (00095346), paratype, 18 (00196417) ( AMNH), paratype, 38 (00321098, 00321125–00321126) ( BPBM).