Ochlerus profanus 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 : 216

3.1.9. Ochlerus profanus BREDDIN, 1910 (pp. 619–620)

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Type material (examined): Female, here designated as lectotype, deposited at the SDEI; ‘ Peru Amaz. | coll. Breddin | DEI Müncheberg HEMI-00029’ . 1 female, here designated as paralectotype, ‘ Bahia Felder 853 | marginatus det. Stal | coll. Breddin | DEI Müncheberg HEMI-00016’ .

Type locality: Marcapata, Peru.

Comments: Out of the examined specimens from the SDEI collection, three were determined to either belong to O. profanus or O. rusticus . Two of these have the same locality labels (i.e. ‘Peru, Amaz.’) and would fit with the type locality of O. profanus , as described by BREDDIN (1910). However, upon close inspection of the genitalia and general morphology, it is clear that these two specimens are not conspecific, with one of them (collection label HEMI-00029) matching Breddin’s description of O. profanus and the second (collection label HEMI-00023) matching that of O. rusticus , even though GAEDIKE (1971) labeled it as O. profanus . The third specimen (collection label HEMI-00016) also fits with the description of O. profanus , but is labeled as provenient from Bahia, Brazil. Thus, our conclusion on this matter is that the paralectotype of O. profanus likely had its labels changed with the lectotype of O. rusticus . However, we decided on keeping the labels in the same specimens and simply added new labels with our identification. Type specimens for O. profanus var. praetextatus were not found.