Podisus ventralis, (Arma)

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 : 91

ventralis (Arma) Dallas 1851: 100–101. [ Fig. 226 ]

Original data: “ ♀ ”. “a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson’s Collection. ” [syntype (s)]

SYNTYPE ♀: blue-margined syntype disc; red-margined type disc; “ Venezuela / 47 26”; “21. ARMA VENTRALIS ,”; “a”; “NHMUK 010592337”. Fourth and fifth right antennomeres, and second to fifth left antennomeres missing ( Fig. 226 ) .

Current status: Podisus ventralis ( Dallas, 1851) (see Stål 1870: 51; Thomas 1992: 99).

Note: Walker (1867a: 137) listed only one specimen, but it does not mean that Dallas just had one (although it is likely). Thomas (1992: 100) mentioned: “A female specimen was located in the British Museum (Natural History). It is labeled: a) “Type,” b) “ Venezuela,” c) “21. “ Arma ventralis .”” He used the indefinite article and does not imply having seen “the” type. Taking the foregoing remarks into account, we consider the specimen a syntype.

Figures

FIGURES 225–232. Type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 225, Gilva varipes; 226, Arma ventralis; 227, Oplomus ventralis; 228, Jalloides versicolor; 229, Oplomus violaceus; 230–231, Oechalia virescens; 232, Oechalia virgula. Scale bars: 4 mm.