Sejanus rubricatus 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 : 155

Sejanus rubricatus Carvalho and Gross

Sejanus rubricatus Carvalho and Gross, 1982: 13 , figs. 7–9, 96 (n. sp., descr., DV, MG); Schuh, 1984: 154 (disc. generic placement).

DISCUSSION: We were able to view images of the type in addition to the original description. Based on these observations Sejanus rubricatus , like S. ruber , has several characters that make its inclusion in the Leucophoropterini problematic: the endosoma is not C-, J-, or Sshaped, but twisted ( Carvalho and Gross, 1982: fig. 7); the secondary gonopore is in a medial location like some Campylomma spp. (e.g., C. papuana Schuh [1984 : fig. 1013]); the apex of the endosoma in the original illustration of S. rubricatus ( Carvalho and Gross, 1982: fig. 7) roughly corresponds to the anterior and posterior blades of Campylomma misinterpreted as one structure by the illustrator; and the overall coloration is primarily white to beige for the pronotum, antennae, and thorax, which is consistent with the coloration of most Campylomma species , in contrast to the red, dark brown, or pale brown coloration of most Leucophoropterini .

HOSTS: Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: Queensland.

HOLOTYPE: AUSTRALIA: Queensland: Split Rock , 14 km S of Laura, 23–26.vi.1975, G.B. Monteith 18 ( QM) [not examined].