ventralis (Arma) Dallas 1851: 100–101 . [Fig. 226]

Original data: “ ♀ ”. “a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson’s Collection. ” [syntype (s)]

SYNTYPE ♀: blue-margined syntype disc; red-margined type disc; “ Venezuela / 47 26”; “21. ARMA VENTRALIS,”; “a”; “NHMUK 010592337”. Fourth and fifth right antennomeres, and second to fifth left antennomeres missing (Fig. 226) .

Current status: Podisus ventralis (Dallas, 1851) (see Stål 1870: 51; Thomas 1992: 99).

Note: Walker (1867a: 137) listed only one specimen, but it does not mean that Dallas just had one (although it is likely). Thomas (1992: 100) mentioned: “A female specimen was located in the British Museum (Natural History). It is labeled: a) “Type,” b) “ Venezuela,” c) “21. “ Arma ventralis .”” He used the indefinite article and does not imply having seen “the” type. Taking the foregoing remarks into account, we consider the specimen a syntype.