Orientomiris maculicollis Poppius 1915, n. comb

13.4. Orientomiris maculicollis (Poppius, 1915) n. comb.

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Creontiades maculicollis Poppius, 1915a: 21 –22 (as new species); Carvalho 1959: 75 (catalog); Schuh 1995: 745 (catalog), 2002–2013 (online catalog).

Material examined. Type specimen: Holotype ♀ by monotypy: INDIA: DARJEELING (no locality given): 04- 06.i.1886, Harmand leg., type 10053 (MZHF) [the specimen bears Poppius’ original handwritten identification label with the mention “ Creontiades maculicollis n. sp. ” It is mounted with a damaged, delicate to handle thin pin].

Diagnosis. Body reddish-brown to dark brown. Head yellowish brown with red stripes. Eyes black. Antennae yellowish brown, first segment with small red spots and an apical red ring, second segment yellow with three dark red rings, first basal, second at 1/3 length and third, the darkest, apical, third segment reddish-brown with a basal yellow ring, fourth segment missing. Sulcus of vertex deep. Pronotal collar yellow. Pronotum yellowish green to brown with two black stripes on its anterior angles and two sub-median black patches along its posterior margin separated from callosities by a pair of brown stripes. Legs yellow, tibial spines red. Scutellum yellowish green to brown with a medial stripe and two lateral patches dark brown. Hemelytra light brown, translucent, exocorium apically dark red, cuneus dark red to black medially, its apex yellow. Hemelytral punctation very reduced, but very dense.

Discussion. The type of O. maculicollis conforms to our diagnosis of Orientomiris on the basis of its external anatomy; hence we suggest the new combination. The holotype, originally from MNHN (Poppius 1915a), is now preserved in MZHF.