Oplomus ebulinus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)

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 : 29

chrysomela (Oplomus ) Breddin 1901: 53. [ Fig. 32 ]

Original data: “ Länge 11–14½, Schulterbr. 7–7¾mm.”; “ Ecuador.” [syntypes (range of measurements)] PARALECTOTYPE ♁: blue-margined paralectotype disc; “Santa Jnéz (Ecuad) R.Haensch S.”; “1903–322.”; “Co types, Breddin. Purch. of Haensch. Oplomus chrysomela Bredd. ”; “6”; “NHMUK 010592600”. Fourth and fifth left antennomeres missing ( Fig. 32 ) .

Current status: Oplomus ebulinus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)

(probably synonymised by Thomas 1992: 58, although there is no mention of a new synonymy; see “ Note s”).

Notes: Gaedike (1971: 82) designated a lectotype in DEI; its sex is not mentioned. Although Thomas (1992: 58) did not state the above synonymy as new, he justified it.

Figures

FIGURES 25–32. Type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 25, Platynopus borneensis; 26, Bodetria brenthoides; 27, Oechalia bryani; 28, Canthecona caerulea; 29, Stiretrus caeruleus; 30, Arma caliginosa; 31, Bodetria chrysochlora; 32, Oplomus chrysomela. Scale bars: 4 mm.