Eocanthecona binotata ( Distant, 1879 )

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 : 26

binotata (Canthecona) Distant 1879: 47–48 . [ Fig. 22 ]

Original data: “ Naga hills, 2000 to 6000 feet.” [syntype (s)]

SYNTYPE ♀: blue-margined syntype disc; red-margined type [H. T.] disc; “Naga hills 2000 to 6000 (Chennel)”; “binotata (type) Dist. [Distant’s handwriting]”; “Distant Coll. 1911–383.”; “NHMUK 010592151”. Left middle leg missing ( Fig. 22 ) .

Current status: Eocanthecona binotata ( Distant, 1879)

(see Thomas 1994: 175).

Note: Thomas (1994: 175) mentioned having examined determined specimens in BM(NH) but did not mention having seen the type. Although we have found only one type specimen, we cannot assume that Distant just described his species from this one. We therefore consider it a syntype.

Figures

FIGURES 17–24. Type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 17, Oplomus biarcuatus; 18–20, Damarius bicolor; 21, Platynopus bimaculatus; 22, Canthecona binotata; 23, Asopus binotatus; 24; Platynopus borneensis. Scale bars: 4 mm.