Ochlerus communis 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

3.1.3. Ochlerus communis BREDDIN, 1910 (pp. 616–617) (figs 3, 18)

Type material (photograph examined): 1 male, here designated as lectotype, deposited at the NMW; ‘ marginatus F. det Mayr. | Shtt ’. Labels added: ‘ Lectotype Ochlerus communis Breddin, 1910 ’ .

Type locality: Unknown.

Comments: BREDDIN (1910) based his description on five males, deposited at the NMW (4 specimens) and the Hamburg Museum (one specimen). In addition, he associated one female deposited at the NMW, but he indicated the identification as doubtful. We were able to find one male deposited at the NMW. The original description and, mainly, the drawing of the female genitalia of O. communis , point to a synonymy with Ochlerus cinctus SPINOLA, 1837 . In fact, Breddin himself stated that: “[It is] A common species in old collections, and perhaps identical to ‘ O. marginatus ’ Fab. ”. However, despite being correct about the species being similar to O. cinctus ( Cimex marginatus is a preocupied name according to KIRKALDY, 1909), we cannot be sure if they are conespecific, as O. cinctus is only known from females and we could not find the female syntype of O. communis .