Tynacantha splendens Distant, 1889

(Figures 4–5, 10–12, 24–28, 37–39, 56)

Tynacantha splendens Distant, 1889: 321; Schouteden, 1907: 59; Kirkaldy, 1909: 16; Thomas, 1992: 123; Cumbra et al., 2018: 5.

Material examined. Type material: Lectotype ♂, PANAMA, Bugaba, 800-1500 ft. Champion, B.C.A., Hem. I. Tynacantha splendens Dist. ”, NHMUK 010592342. (BMNH) ; Additional material: 3 ♂ COSTA RICA, Turrialba, Collection Schield-Burgdorf (USNM).

Diagnosis. Dorsal coloration dark with bright green or blue reflections (Figs 4, 10, 12); abdominal sternites with two rows of black spots, one in the lateral margin and one mediolateral (Figs 5, 11); apex of scutellum with a pale calloused spot, occupying half of the postfrenal lobe; punctures concolorous, shallow and spaced; membrane of hemelytra entirely translucent; intersegmental areas of connexivum concolorous with dorsal corium; branches of parameres as long as wide (Fig. 27).

Measurements. Total length, ♂ 9.60 ± 0.07 (9.44–9.60); width of abdomen across segment III, ♂ 4.68 ± 0.08 (4.56–4.80); head: length, ♂ 1.84 ± 0.08 (1.76–2.00); width, ♂ 1.92 ± 0.08 (1.84–2.08); pronotum: length, ♂ 2.20 ± 0.01 (2.20–2.24); width, ♂ 4.80 ± 0.21 (4.80–5.28); scutellum: length, ♂ 3.40 ± 0.09 (3.36–3.60); width, ♂ 3.04 ± 0.16 (2.88–3.32); length of antennal segments: I, ♂ 0.36 ± 0.01 (0.32–0.36); II, ♂ 1.28 ± 0.01 (1.24–1.28); III, ♂ 1.06 ± 0.02 (1.04–1.08); IV, ♂ 1.20; V, ♂ 1.24; length of labial segments: I, ♂ 1.20 ± 0.01 (1.16–1.20); II, ♂ 1.48 ± 0.06 (1.44–1.60); III, ♂ 1.00 ± 0.01 (1.00–1.04); VI, ♂ 0.76 ± 0.01 (0.76–0.80).

Distribution. Costa Rica and Panama (Fig. 56).

Remarks. Female unknown.