Noualhieridia ornatula Breddin, 1898

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Noualhieridia ornatula Breddin, 1898: 267-268 (description).

Noualhieridia ornatula: BERGROTH (1908): 191 (catalogue).

Noualhieridia ornatula: KIRKALDY (1909): 178 (catalogue).

Noualhieridia ornatula: CACHAN (1952): 309, Figs. 5 (Pl. VII, p. 275), 183-186 (p. 311), (redescription, figures, distribution).

Noualhieridia ornatula: KUMAR (1974): 24, Figs. 33-34 (p. 22) (lectotype designation, figures).

Type locality. Madagascar.

Material examined. MADAGASCAR, coll. Noualhier 1898, 3 ♁♁ 5 ♀♀, Martin det. (part) or Cachan det. (part), P. Kment revid. (MNHN). Madagascar, 1 ♀, P. Kment det. (NMPC).

Bionomy. Unknown.

Distribution. Central Madagascar (Antananarivo) and West Madagascar (Maevatanana) (CACHAN 1952).

Note. Noualhieridia ornatula resembles (in body shape and colouration) another endemic Madagascar species, Cloequeria bourgini Cachan, 1952 ( Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Coquerelini), which differs by having 3-segmented tarsi, a different shape of the peritreme, no conspicuous round black spot on the mesopleura, and by other details of colouration.