Podisus sculptus, (Podisus), 1889

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 : 77

sculptus (Podisus) Distant 1889: 320. [ Figs 176–177 ]

Original data: “ Hab. PANAMA, Bugaba (Champion).” [syntype (s)]

LECTOTYPE ♀ (designated by Thomas 1992: 78): purple-margined lectotype disc; red-margined type disc; “Bugaba, 800-1500 ft. Champion.”; “ Podisus sculptus Dist. [Distant’s handwriting]”; “NHMUK 010592369”. Specimen well preserved ( Fig. 176 ).

PARALECTOTYPE ♁: blue-margined paralectotype disc; “Bugaba, Panama. Champion.”; “ sculptus Dist. [Distant’s handwriting]”; “Distant Coll. 1911–383.”; “NHMUK 010592370”. Fourth and fifth left antennomeres missing ( Fig. 177 ) .

Current status: Podisus sculptus Distant, 1889 .

Note: Thomas (1992: 78) explained: “The type of Podisus sculptus , a female, was located in the British Museum (Natural History). It is labeled: (a) “Type,” (b) Podisus sculptus Dist. ,” (c) “Bugaba 800-1590 ft Champion.”” From Distant’s original description, we do not know whether Distant had one or more specimens, nor the sex. We have found two specimens in the collection. By giving the labels data of one of them and calling that specimen “the type”, Thomas designated it as the lectotype by inference of “the type” ( ICZN 1999: Art. 74.6).

Figures

FIGURES 169–176. Type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 169, Strachia reciproca; 170–171, Picromerus robustus; 172, Stiretrus ruficeps; 173, Dolycoris rutherfordi; 174, Oplomus rutilus; 175, Strachia saturata; 176, Podisus sculptus. Scale bars: 4 mm.

FIGURES 177–184. Type and non-type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 177, Podisus sculptus; 178, Bodetria scutellaris; 179, Platynopus scutellatus; 180–181, Mormidea semialba; 182–183, Platynopus semiscitus; 184, Platynopus silvaticus. Scale bars: 4 mm.