| Identification | 
			
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							| Current: | species Piezogaster chontalensis (Distant, 1892) |  
							| Historical: | Piezogaster chontalensis; holotype of species Piezogaster chontalensis (Distant, 1892); cited by Distant. 1892. Rhynchota Heteroptera (Part 105).  In Godman & Salvin [Ed.]. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 1:353–368 |  | 
			
				| Specimen | 
			
				|  | Basis of record: preserved specimen Counts: Females 1
 Depository: BMNH, London NH Mus.; catalog number 651469
 Data source: Distant. 1892. Rhynchota Heteroptera (Part 105).  In Godman & Salvin [Ed.]. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 1:353–368
 Other: preparation type, pinned
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				| Locality | 
			
				|  | Central America, Nicaragua: Chontales; Modern (is included in map) | 
			
				| Collecting event | 
			
				|  | (No date recorded); Janson | 
			
				| Images | 
			
				|  |  Figure of Capaneus chontalensis [Plate 33, fig. 3, Biologia Centrali-Americana]. Image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org 
  Capaneus chontalensis Distant, 1892 (Holotype: female) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London.  Photograph taken by Laurence Livermore. 
  Capaneus chontalensis Distant, 1892 (Holotype: female) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London.  Photograph taken by Laurence Livermore. 
  Capaneus chontalensis Distant, 1892 (Holotype: female) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, London.  Photograph taken by Laurence Livermore. | 
			
				| Sounds | 
			
				|  | None | 
			
				| Ecological relationships | 
			
				|  | None | 
			
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