ventralis (Oplomus) Dallas 1851: 86 . [Fig. 227]

Original data: “ ♀ ”; “a. –––––. From Mr. Children’s Collection. ” [syntype (s)]

LECTOTYPE ♀ (designated by Distant 1880: 31): purple-margined lectotype disc; “40 3 30 821.”; “21. OPLOMUS VENTRALIS,”; “a”; “NHMUK 010592404”. Second to fifth right and left antennomeres, and right anterior and posterior legs missing (Fig. 227).

Current status: Oplomus pulcher Dallas, 1851 (synonymised by Thomas 1992: 62).

Note: Distant (1880: 31) stated: “The locality of the type was unknown.” [emphasis ours]. We accept Distant’s mention of “the type” as a valid lectotype designation before 2000 (ICZN 1999: Art. 74.5); his marking the specimen by a red-margined “Type” disc as he arranged the 63 Pentatomidae drawers in 1899–1900 (Hampson 1906: 627) confirms which specimen was meant. Although, we did not find the red-margined “type” disc on the specimen, we know that Thomas (1992: 62) did.