Thyanta vitrea (Westwood)

Rider, D. A. & Chapin, J. B., 1991, Revision Of The Genus Thyanta Stal, 1862 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) I. South America, J. New York Entomol. Soc. 99, No. 1, pp. 1-77 : 73

Thyanta vitrea (Westwood)

Pentatoma vitrea Westwood, 1837:36 ; Lethierry and Severin, 1893: 199.

Thyanta vitrea: Distant, 1900a:812 ; Kirkaldy, 1909:95; Jensen-Haarup, 1928:13.

Westwood (1837) described Pentatoma vitrea from "Brasilia?." The description is very short and not adequate for accurate placement ofthis species. The type specimen, which is conserved in the Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford University, England, was examined. It lacks the abdomen, and its condition is too poor to properly place this species within Thyanta . In fact, it may actually be a species of the closely related genus Cyptocephala .