Blachia ducalis Walker, 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 : 36-38

ducalis (Blachia) Walker 1867a: 117 . [ Fig. 56 ]

Original data: “ a. Siam. From M. Mouhot’s collection.” [holotype]

HOLOTYPE ♀: red-margined holotype disc; green-margined type disc; “ Siam / 62 73”; “1. BLACHIA DUCALIS .”; “NHMUK 010592144”. Left wings glued on a card. Fourth and fifth right antennomeres, and left antenna missing ( Fig. 56 ).

Current status: Blachia ducalis Walker, 1867 .

Note: Referring to Blachia ducalis, Thomas (1994: 167) wrote: “The type series, one male and three females, were examined in the BM[NH]. Also, from India (1 female).” It is difficult to understand what he meant as Walker mentioned only one specimen (holotype) for Blachia ducalis and we have found only one (or two?) male syntype (s) for its synonym, Sesha manifesta Distant (see below) .

Figures

FIGURES 49–56. Type and non-type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 49, Oplomus distinctus; 50–51, Coryzorhaphis dollingi; 52–55, Platynopus dotatus; 56, Blachia ducalis. Scale bars: 4 mm.