Strachia praecipua, (Strachia), 1867

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 : 74

praecipua (Strachia) Walker 1867b: 339–340. [ Fig. 162 ]

Original data: “ a. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq.” [holotype]

HOLOTYPE ♀: red-margined holotype disc; green-margined type disc; “Bac”; “ ASOPUS PRAECIPUUS. ”; “Saunders 65. 13.”; “NHMUK 010592373”. Fourth and fifth right antennomeres missing; pronotum disjointed; left hemelytron opened ( Fig. 162 ).

Current status: Amyotea erythromela (Walker, 1867) (synonymised by Schouteden 1907: 54, as a variety).

Note: The long label from Walker’s catalogue reads: “ ASOPUS PRAECIPUUS. ” While this is not the original combination, this is the one used by Walker (1868: 533).

Figures

FIGURES 161–168. Type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 161, Platynopus polygraphus; 162, Strachia praecipua; 163, Incitatus primus; 164–165, Oplomus pulcher; 166, Platynopus purpurascens; 167, Strachia pyrophila; 168, Strachia reciproca. Scale bars: 4 mm.