Ochlerus coriaceus Herrich-Schäffer, 1844

Simões, Felipe Lorenz & Campos, Luiz Alexandre, 2014, Taxonomic notes on Ochlerus: revisiting Herrich-Schäffer's species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae: Ochlerini), Zootaxa 3774 (5), pp. 496-500 : 497-499

Ochlerus coriaceus Herrich-Schäffer, 1844 , removed from synonymy

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Ochlerus coriaceus Herrich-Schäffer, 1844: 64 , Pl. 236, Fig. 734; Walker, 1867: 194 (list). Ochlerus marginatus: Stål, 1872: 13 (synonymy)

Ochlerus cinctus: Kirkaldy, 1909: 185 (synonymy)

Distribution. Colombia, Venezuela (Aragua, Tachira) (new record)

Type material (photographs examined). Female, here designated as lectotype ( Fig. 1 E). Colombia [unknown locality], " coriaceus " hl. " Ochlerus coriac ." H.S. 734., Columbia. Deposited in the Benedict Dybowski Zoological Museum (Lviv, Ukraine).

Material examined. VENEZUELA, Aragua: 1 female, El Limón 450m, 4.VII.1983, [9.8500; -66.9000], Luz negra, F. Fernandez Y. col. ( UFRG); 1 female, El Limón, 30.VII.1983, [9.8500; -66.9000], Luz negra, F. Fernandez Y. col., MACN ( MACN); 1 female, Cata, 19.V.1983, A. Fernandez B. & C. Andara cols. [10.4667; -67.7333], MACN ( MACN); Tachira: 1 female, Chucuri, San Cristobal, 24.IV.1980 [7.7669; -72.2250], Donacion I. U. T., MACN ( MACN); 1 female, Buerio Sucre, San Cristobal, 16.[illegible].1980, Rut [illegible] col. [7.7669; -72.2250], Donacion I. U. T., Arbol 3: [illegible]M, MACN ( MACN); TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, Aripo: 1 female, Asa Wright Nature Ctr. 7.5mi N of Arima on Blachisseuse Road, 28.VI.1985, P. J. Clausen col. [10.7177; -61.2983], W. I., D. A. Rider Collection ( NDSU); 1 female, St. George Co. Aripo Valley, Rapsey Est., 9-16.X.1978, R. M. Baranowski [10.7177; -61.2983], Malaise trap, D. A. Rider Collection ( NDSU).

Comments. Rusty brown species, with a small yellow spot at the base of the scutellum and 1+1 smaller yellow spots close to the fovea. Legs and ventral surface yellow with brown spots. Antero-lateral angles slightly produced laterad. Connexivum partially emarginate, with yellow spots in the middle of each segment. Shape of gonocoxites 8 (gc8) unique for the genus with a strongly concave posterior margin (in a u-shaped pattern if the gc8 are combined).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Lectotype of Ochlerus coriaceus Herrich-Schäffer, 1844: (A) dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) label; (D, E) genital plates, posterior view. (Gc 8 = gonocoxites 8; Gc 9 = Gonocoxites 9; gp 9 = gonaphyses 9; La 8 = laterotergites 8; La 9 = laterotergites 9; sp = spiracle; VII = 7 th urosternite) (scale = 1 mm)