Thynacantha chilensis

Overview & Synopsis

Thynacantha chilensis. Unpublished name Described as Oplomus chilensis Spinola, 1852: 124. = Tylospylus chilensis (Spinola, 1852); STÅL (1870: 53). Material examined. Two males labeled “1943” and one female labeled “945” and “ ♀ ”, all infairly good condition; white label: “ Thynacantha chilensis m. (Arma) oli… [illegible], D. Gay, Chile ”. One male labeled “945”; one female and one specimen lacking the abdomen, both labeled “1943”; white label: “ Thynacantha chilensis var, D. Gay, Chili ”. Two males labeled “1943”, one of them labeled “ ♂ ” and the other with a small white label: “S. Rosa”. One female lacking the abdomen labeled “1943” and “ ♀ ”; white label: “ Thynacantha chilensis var., D. Gay, Chili ”. Remarks. The two males and the female, mentioned in the beginning of the material examined, probably belong to the typical series of Oplomus chilensis Spinola, not included in the sample deposited at Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) (THOMAS 1992: 116). Box 20 (20).