Ochlerus cotylophorus BREDDIN, 1910

Simões, Felipe L. & Campos, Luiz Alexandre, 2015, Breddin ̕ s types of Ochlerus (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae, Discocephalinae), Beiträge zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 65 (2), pp. 213-222 : 215

3.1.4. Ochlerus cotylophorus BREDDIN, 1910 (pp. 621–622)

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Breddin based his description on females from Marcapata, Peru, but we cannot be sure if they are in the SDEI collection. Three specimens from Colombia and Ecuador were found to match the illustration of the genitalia and the description of O. cotylophorus .

Material examined: 1 female, deposited at the SDEI; ‘ Coca ( Ecuad.) R. Haensch S. | coll. Breddin | DEI Müncheberg HEMI-00025’, labels added: ‘ Ochlerus cotylophorus det. Simões & Campos, 2015’ . 1 female, COLOMBIA, Province unknown: Esmeralda , ‘Columbia Esmeralda | coll. Breddin | Ochlerus cinctus Spin. | det. HG Barber = marginatus Fab. | DEI Müncheberg HEMI-00020’ ( SDEI), labels added: ‘ Ochlerus cotylophorus det. Simões & Campos, 2015’ ; 1 female, COLOMBIA, ‘Columbien, coll. Breddin | Barber revid. 1933 | DEI Müncheberg HEMI-00021’ ( SDEI), labels added: ‘ Ochlerus cotylophorus det. Simões & Campos, 2015’ .

Type locality: Peru.

Comments: Across the types of Ochlerus described by Breddin, there are indications to poorly matched and/ or erroneous labels for some species (see O. profanus and O. rusticus ). That may have been the case for O. cotylophorus as well. There is a fourth specimen from Peru which was found next to these other three and may be one of the syntypes. It has a matching general morphology, despite the fact that it lacks the abdomen; since the latter is a diagnostic structure we decided to not include it as a lectotype or syntype.