Tylospilus gaumeri, (Podisus)

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 : 42

gaumeri (Podisus) Distant 1889: 320. [ Fig. 70 ]

Original data: “ Hab. MEXICO, Temax in North Yucatan ( Gaumer ).” [syntype (s)]

LECTOTYPE ♀ (designated by Thomas 1992: 126): purple-margined lectotype disc; red-margined type disc; “Temax, N. Yucatan, Gaumer.”; “ Podisus gaumeri Dist. [Distant’s handwriting]”; “NHMUK 010592477”. Right antenna, fourth and fifth left antennomeres, right anterior and middle legs missing ( Fig. 70 ).

Current status: Tylospilus gaumeri ( Distant, 1889) (first synonymised by Thomas 1992: 126 to Tyrannocoris jole (Stål, 1862) , recently revalidated by Roell et al. (2021a: 265), who also transferred the species to the genus Tylospilus Stål, 1870 ).

Note: Thomas (1992: 126) explained: “I examined the type of Podisus gaumeri , a female, located in the British Museum (Natural History). It is labeled: (a) “Type,” (b) “ Podisus gaumeri Dist. ” (c) “Temex, N. Yucatan, Gaumer.” It differs from other specimens of T. jole by being pale above.” From Distant’s original description, we do not know whether Distant had one or more specimens, nor the sex. We have found only one specimen in the collection but cannot be sure it was the only one Distant had. By giving its labels data, separating it from other specimens of T. jole and calling the specimen “the type”, Thomas designated it as the lectotype by inference of “the type” ( ICZN 1999: Art. 74.6).

Figures

FIGURES 65–72. Type and non-type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 65–67, Strachia frontalis; 68, Anasida funebris; 69, Arma fuscescens; 70, Podisus gaumeri; 71–72, Arma grandis. Scale bars: 4 mm.