Oplomus nigripennis, (Oplomus)

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 : 60

nigripennis (Oplomus) Dallas 1851: 83. [ Fig. 122 ]

Original data: “ ♀ ”; “a. MeXico. Presented by E. P. Coffin, Esq.” [syntype (s)]

LECTOTYPE ♀ (designated by Thomas 1992: 62): purple-margined lectotype disc; red-margined type disc; “ Mexico / 43 13”; “2. OPLOMUS NIGRIPENNIS ,”; “a”; “NHMUK 010592405”. Right antenna, and right anterior and posterior legs missing ( Fig. 122 ).

Current status: Oplomus pulcher Dallas, 1851 (synonymised by Stål 1870: 29, as Var. f).

Note: Thomas (1992: 62) explained: “the type of Oplomus nigripennis is also a female and was also located at the British Museum (Natural History). It is labeled: (a) “Type,” (b) “ Mexico,” (c) “ Oplomus nigripennis .” It is yellow with a black head and black blotches on the thoracic dorsum.” From Dallas’s original description, we do not know whether Dallas had one or more specimens, only the sex: female. Walker (1867a: 120) only listed one specimen with the same provenance as Dallas and we have found only one specimen in the collection but cannot be sure it was the only one Dallas had (although it is likely). By giving its labels data, describing it and calling the specimen “the type”, Thomas designated it as the lectotype by inference of “the type” ( ICZN 1999: Art. 74.6).

Figures

FIGURES 121–128. Type and non-type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 121, Arma monospila; 122, Oplomus nigripennis; 123–124, Arma nigrispina; 125, Podisus nigriventris; 126, Picromerus nigrivitta; 127–128, Mormidea nigro-binotata. Scale bars: 4 mm.