Sejanus leai Carvalho and Gross

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

Sejanus leai Carvalho and Gross

Sejanus leai Carvalho and Gross, 1982: 26 , figs. 34–36, 108 (n. sp., descr., DV, MG).

DISCUSSION: We were able to view images of the holotype and genitalia of this species. The overall dark brown coloration, absence of any white pigmentation along the anterior margin of the cuneus, the lack of a partial or complete transverse fascia, and the relatively large, twisted endosoma with a spinelike apical process are unlike those of any Leucophoropterini . Although Ausejanus mcdonaldi and several species of Sejanus are also nearly completely dark brown, they have a small, S- or C-shaped endosoma without an apical spine. If there is an apical spine in Leucophoropterini (e.g., S. ecnomiscos ), there is some form of white pigmentation on the anterior margin of the cuneus. Sejanus leai does not possess either combination of these characters; therefore, we are placing the taxa in incertae sedis until additional characters can confirm its generic or tribal placement.