Waterhouseana illustris Carvalho, 1973

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 : 151

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/361.1
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treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Waterhouseana illustris Carvalho
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Waterhouseana illustris Carvalho View in CoL Figure 42 View Figure 42

Waterhouseana illustris Carvalho, 1973: 5 View in CoL , figs. 8, 9 (n. sp., descr., hab., DV, fig. head); Schuh, 1984: 224, figs. 728–743 (Diag., DV, figs. headpronotum, MG, hab.).

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by characters in generic diagnosis, its large size, and patch of dark setae posterior to apex of clavus.

DESCRIPTION: See Carvalho (1973) and Schuh (1984).

HOSTS: Unknown; collected by light traps and canopy fogging.

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: INDONESIA: Irian Jaya: Nabire, S. Geelvink Bay , 3.3667 ° S 135.4833 ° E, 10 m, 14 Sep 1962, H. Holtmann, Light Trap, 1♀ (00318942) ( BPBM) GoogleMaps ; 03 Oct 1962, H. Holtmann, 18 (00196087) ( AMNH). PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Madang Province: Baiteta , 5.017 ° S 145.75 ° E, 22 Jun 1995, O. Missa, 18 (00302130) ( ISNB) GoogleMaps ; 06 Jun 1996, O. Missa, Light Trap, 18 (00302123) ( ISNB). Morobe Province: Nadzab , 6.55 ° S 146.7 ° E, 129 m, 20 May 1955 – 22 May 1955, E.O. Wilson, 1♀ (00095360) ( AMNH). West Sepik Province: Maprik, 150 m, 29 Dec 1959 – 17 Jan 1960, T.C. Maa, 28 (00321074, 00321075) ( BPBM). unknown: Bainyik, 3.6667 ° S 143.05 ° E, 13 Dec 1963, D.K. McAlpine, 18 (00393646) ( ANIC) GoogleMaps .