Amyotea erythromela, (Strachia)

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 : 39

erythromela (Strachia) Walker 1867b: 339. [ Fig. 61 ]

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

HOLOTYPE ♀: red-margined holotype disc; green-margined type disc; “Kai”; “ ASOPUS ERYTHROMELAS. ”; “Saunders. 65. 13.”; “NHMUK 010592372”. Fourth and fifth left antennomeres missing ( Fig. 61 ).

Current status: Amyotea erythromela (Walker, 1867) (see Schouteden 1907: 54; Kirkaldy 1909: 23).

Note: The long label from Walker’s catalogue reads: “ ASOPUS ERYTHROMELAS. ” While this is not the original combination, this is the one used by Walker (1868: 534).

Figures

FIGURES 57–64. Type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 57, Coryzorhaphis egeri; 58, Oplomus equestris; 59–60, Glypsus erubescens; 61, Strachia erythromela; 62, Podisus falcatus; 63, Oplomus festivus; 64, Strachia frontalis. Scale bars: 4 mm.