Podisus punctiger Stål 1860: 52 Podisus tinctus ( Dallas, 1851 )) Apateticus ( Eupodisus ) tinctus Schouteden 1907 b: 72 Apateticus ( Eupodisus ) punctiger Schouteden 1907 b: 72 Apateticus ( Podisus ) punctiger Kirkaldy 1909: 20 Searching for the identity of Podisus Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): examination of type specimens leads to taxonomic updates and description of five new species Brugnera, Ricardo Sampaio, Vinícius Campos, Luiz Alexandre Grazia, Jocelia Insect Systematics & Evolution 2024 2024-12-02 56 1 64 89 Stal, 1860 Stal 1860 [154,489,1121,1148] Insecta Pentatomidae Podisus Animalia Hemiptera 9 10 Arthropoda species punctiger stat. nov.    Podisus punctiger Stål 1860: 52( Holotypefemale in NHRS, Figs 5a–c, removed from the synonymy with  Podisus tinctus( Dallas, 1851)).   Apateticus( Eupodisus) tinctus Schouteden 1907b: 72.   Apateticus( Eupodisus) punctiger Schouteden 1907b: 72.   Apateticus( Podisus) punctiger Kirkaldy 1909: 20.    Types examined.  Podisus punctiger Stål 1860, Holotype ♀, labels: Columbia// Thorey. // Type // Typus // Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm Loan no 2/90 // NHRS-GULI 000067361, ( NHRS), Figs 5a–c.    Arma tincta Dallas 1851, Syntype ♀, labels: Columbia// Bogotá// 18. Arma tincta, // a // Type // ♀// Syntype // NHMUK 010592335, ( NHMUK) Figs 5d–f.  Non-types examined.  Podisus punctiger Stål, 1860– Country unknown: 1♂, I-IV // AMNH_IZC 00319653, ( AMNH).    Podisus tinctus( Dallas, 1851)–  COLOMBIA: Cundinamarca[ Bogotá] 1♀, Colombia Cundinamarca Bogotá D.C. EAAB Quebrada La Vieja( 04°38’N 74°02’W)  26-VIII- 2001 ±2850m D. Forero, leg., ( UNAB); 1♂, QUA 2.14 Acaciad Junio 22, (MPUJ).   Comments: Thomas (1992)synonymized  Podisus punctigerwith  Podisus tinctus, and both typeswere examined by him. However, the provided description of  P. tinctusis partially incongruous with the features observed in the typeand other specimens examined by us. Thomas stated that in  P.tinctus“the femora are maculate, but the hemelytra membrane is clear” (page 86), but in the identification key (page 83) the diagnostic features presented are “humeri thick, cornute; legs pale, immaculate”. In the typeof  P.tinctus, the legs clearly show dark spots in the femur and tibia, diverging from the immaculate legs present in the typeof  P.punctiger. Other features also differ in the two species: the presence of a dark spot in the apex of the radial vein in  P.punctiger(absent in  P.tinctus), the reddish punctures in the dorsal surface of  P.punctiger(dark punctures in  P.tinctus), the reddish punctures, and two series of dark spots in the urosternites of  P.punctiger(urosternites completely pale in  P.tinctus). Based on the above mentioned features, we propose the revalidation of  Podisus punctiger. This species is very similar to  P.crassimargo, differing only by the anterolateral margin of pronotum, which is distinctly inflated in  P.crassimargo, and slender in  P.punctiger. Also, the two species are distributed in different regions of South America,  P.crassimargoranging from southeastern to southern Brazil, and  P.punctigeroccurring in Colombia. 5160536330 NHRS United States of America Columbia 9 10 1 1 holotype 5160536309 NHMUK United States of America Bogota Bogota 9 10 NHMUK 010592335 2 2 syntype 5160536303 2001-08-26 UNAB D. Forero Colombia 10 11 4.633333 Quebrada La Vieja 1306 -74.03333 Bogota 9 10 2 1 1 Cundinamarca