Jalloides opulentus, (Jalloides), 1911

Roell, Talita, Lemaître, Valérie A., Webb, Michael D. & Campos, Luiz A., 2023, An annotated and illustrated Type Catalogue of the predacious Shieldbugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae) in the Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, Zootaxa 5232 (1), pp. 1-105 : 65

opulentus (Jalloides) Distant 1911b: 349–350. [ Figs 133–136 ]

Original data: “ Hab.: N. Queensland (Kelsall, Brit. Mus .): Cairns (Coll. Dist.); near Port Moresby ( Coll. Dist. ).” [syntype (s), see “ Note ”]

SYNTYPE ♀: blue-margined syntype disc; red-margined type disc; “N. Queensland. (Kelsall Coll.) 1910– 168.”; “ Jalloides opulentus type Dist. [Distant’s handwriting]”; “NHMUK 010592180”. Fifth left antennomere missing ( Fig. 133 ) .

NON-TYPE ♁ (var. a.): “near Pt Moresby”; “Distant Coll./1911–383.”; “NHMUK 010592177”. Fifth right antennomere, fourth and fifth left antennomeres, and right anterior leg missing ( Fig. 134 ).

NON-TYPE ♁ (var. a.): “near Pt Moresby”; “Distant Coll./1911–383.”; “NHMUK 010592181”. Specimen well preserved ( Fig. 135 ).

NON-TYPE ♀ (var. b.): “ Jalloides opulentus cotype Dist. [Distant’s handwriting]”; “Cairns Kur. 1.02.”; “Distant Coll./1911–383.”; “NHMUK 010747383. Specimen well preserved ( Fig. 136 ).

Current status: Jalloides opulentus Distant, 1911 .

Note: Distant described this species from specimens having “head and pronotum testaceous” or “Var. a.— Pronotum with a prominent, central, oblong, bluish-black spot.”, and “Var. b. — Resembling var. a, but pronotum with an additional bluish-black spot on each lateral margin.” As Distant had two varieties and three provenances, he had, at least three specimens. We have found four specimens in the collection. According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, varieties are not to be counted as part of the type series ( ICZN 1999: Art 72.4.1), therefore we are considering only the specimen with the general characteristics as a syntype (while incidentally noting that Distant had labelled the specimen from Cairns, representing Var. b., “co-type”). Thomas (1994: 183) simply wrote “ holotype in BM(NH) was examined”, without giving any details about the labels or the specimen. We consequently do not accept this as a valid lectotype designation.

Figures

FIGURES 129–136. Type and non-type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 129, Mormidea nigro-binotata; 130, Arma obscura; 131, Picromerus obtusus; 132, Platynopus optabilis; 133–136, Jalloides opulentus. Scale bars: 4 mm.