Eocanthecona thomsoni, (Cantheconidea)

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 : 84

thomsoni (Cantheconidea) Distant 1911b: 351. [ Fig. 204 ]

Original data: “ ♁”; “ Hab. N.E. China; Shan-hai-kwan (F. M. Thomson, Brit. Mus .).” [holotype or holotype and paratype (s), see “ Note ”]

HOLOTYPE ♁: red-margined holotype disc; red-margined type disc; “ Shan-hai-Kwan. In Mountains. I.IX.06. F.M. Thomson. 1907–200.”; “ Cantheconidea thomsoni type Dist. [Distant’s handwriting]”; “NHMUK 010592161”. Fifth right, and fourth and fifth left antennomeres missing ( Fig. 204 ).

Current status: Eocanthecona thomsoni (Distant, 1911) (see Thomas 1994: 178).

Note: We have only found one male specimen in the collection. Mentions such as “fifth mutilated in type” in the original description could support either the fact that Distant had other specimens but designated one as the type (holotype) or that he just had one (only one measurement). Whether Distant had one or more specimens, this specimen matches the description and Distant labelled it as type. We therefore consider it the holotype.

Figures

FIGURES 201–208. Type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 201–202, Platynopus tenellus; 203, Podisus thomasi, 204, Cantheconidea thomsoni; 205–208, Mecosoma thoracata. Scale bars: 4 mm.