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Oplomus basalis Walker 1867

Description

basalis (Oplomus) Walker 1867a: 122. [Fig. 16]

Original data: “ a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection.” [holotype]

HOLOTYPE ♁: red-margined holotype disc; green-margined type disc; “Ega / 58 6”; “19. OPLOMUS BASALIS.”; “NHMUK 010592401”. Right antenna, fourth and fifth left antennomeres, and anterior legs missing (Fig. 16).

Current status: Oplomus festivus Dallas, 1851 (originally synonymised to Oplomus tripustulatus Fabricius by Stål 1870: 28, as Var. b; see Distant 1880: 31; Distant 1900a: 63; Schouteden 1907: 35; probably synonymised to Oplomus marginalis Westwood by Thomas 1992: 60, although there is no mention of a new synonymy; Rider & Rolston 1995: 845–846 replaced preoccupied O. marginalis Westwood by O. festivus Dallas).

Note: Thomas (1992: 60) erroneously reported a label as reading “Equ.” and consequently listed Ecuador in the distribution of the species. The label actually reads “Ega/58 6”; Ega is now known as Tefé and is in Brazil.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-105 in Zootaxa 5232 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5232.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7609794

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pentatomidae
Genus
Oplomus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Walker
Species
basalis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Oplomus basalis Walker, 1867 sec. Roell, Lemaître, Webb & Campos, 2023

References

  • Walker, F. (1867 a) Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. E. Newman, London, pp. 1 - 240.
  • Dallas, W. S. (1851) List of the specimens of hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 368 pp., 11 pls.
  • Stal, C. (1870) Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en f ˆ rteckning ˆ fver alla hittills kanda Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 9 (1), 1 - 232.
  • Distant, W. L. (1880) Insecta. Rhynchota, Hemiptera-Heteroptera. In: Godman, F. D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali - Americana. Vol. 1. R. H. Porter, London, pp. 1 - 88, 8 pls.
  • Distant, W. L. (1900 a) Rhynchotal notes. - V. Heteroptera: Asopinae and Tessaratominae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, 6 (31), 55 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930008678340
  • Schouteden, H. (1907) Heteroptera, Fam. Pentatomidae, Subfam. Asopinae (Amyoteinae). Genera Insectorum 52. P. Wytsman, Bruxelles, 82 pp., 5 pls.
  • Thomas, D. B. (1992) Taxonomic synopsis of the asopine Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Thomas Say Foundation Monographs. Vol. XVI. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland, iv + 156 pp.
  • Rider, D. A. & Rolston, L. H. (1995) Nomenclatural changes in the Pentatomidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 97 (4), 845 - 855.