Podisus nigriventris, (Podisus), 1880

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 : 61

nigriventris (Podisus) Distant 1880: 39. [ Fig. 125 ]

Original data: “ Hab. GUATEMALA, San Gerónimo (Champion).” [syntype (s)]

LECTOTYPE ♀ (designated by Thomas 1992: 97): purple-margined lectotype disc; red-margined type disc; “ S. Geronimo, Guatemala. Champion.”; “ nigriventris Dist. (type) [Distant’s handwriting]” “Distant Coll. 1911– 383.”; “NHMUK 010592330”. Specimen well preserved ( Fig. 125 ).

Current status: Podisus nigriventris Distant, 1880 .

Note: Thomas (1992: 97) explained: “The type of Podisus nigriventris , a male, was located in the British Museum (Natural History). It is labeled: (a) “Type,” (b) “(Type) nigriventris Dist. ” (c) “S. geronimo [sic!] Guatemala Champion,” (d) “Distant Coll. 1911-383.”” 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, despite the fact that it matches Distant’s description and illustration. By giving its labels data and calling the specimen “the type”, Thomas designated it as lectotype by inference of “the type” ( ICZN 1999: Art. 74.6) although he erroneously recorded its sex.

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.