Montrouzierellus laetus, (Platynopus)

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 : 50

laetus (Platynopus) Walker 1867a: 127–128. [ Fig. 93 ]

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

HOLOTYPE ♁: red-margined holotype disc; green-margined type disc; “N”; “19. PLATYNOPUS LAETUS .”; “Saunders 65. 13.”; “NHMUK 010592431”. Fourth and fifth right antennomeres, and right anterior and left middle legs missing. The legs are glued on the first label ( Fig. 93 ).

Current status: Montrouzierellus laetus (Walker, 1867) (see Kirkaldy 1909: 11; Thomas 1994: 187).

Figures

FIGURES 89–96. Type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 89, Canthecona insularis; 90, Cazira internexa; 91, Arma invaria; 92, Glypsus javanus; 93, Platynopus laetus; 94–95, Arma lateralis; 96, Asopus leprosus. Scale bars: 4 mm.