Eocanthecona ornatula, (Canthecona)

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 : 66

ornatula (Canthecona) Distant 1908: 451. [ Fig. 141 ]

Original data: “ ♁”; “ Hab. Darjeeling ( Coll. Dist. ).” [holotype or holotype and paratype (s), see “ Note ”]

HOLOTYPE ♁: red-margined holotype disc; red-margined type disc; “Pussumhug Darjeeling 4700 ft. 13/11/06”; “ Canthecona ornatula type Dist. [Distant’s handwriting]”; “Distant Coll. 1911–383”; “NHMUK 010592159”. Fifth right antennomere, second to fifth left antennomeres, anterior legs, and left middle leg missing ( Fig. 141 ).

Current status: Eocanthecona ornatula ( Distant, 1908) (see Thomas 1994: 177).

Note: Strangely, Thomas (1994: 177) mentioned “Type specimens [plural] in BM(NH).” but we have only found one male specimen in the collection. Mentions such as “fifth joint mutilated in type” and “anterior legs mutilated in typical specimen”, in the original description, could support either the fact that Distant had other specimens but designated one as the type (holotype) or that he just had one (only one measurement). Whether Distant had one or more specimens, this specimen matches the description and Distant labelled it as type. We therefore consider it the holotype.

Figures

FIGURES 137–144. Type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 137, Neoglypsus opulentus; 138–140, Anasida orientalis; 141, Canthecona ornatula; 142, Stiretrus ornatus; 143–144, Arma pallipes. Scale bars: 4 mm.