A catalogue of the types of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with brief notes on the history of the collection
Author
Notton, David G.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-02-12
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2358.1.1
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Platygaster dombeyae
Risbec, 1953: 339
, fig. 29.
Current status.
Platygaster dombeyae
Syntypes
2 ♀♀,
Madagascar
(MNHN);
syntypes
2 3,
Madagascar
, Périnet (MNHN);
syntypes
3 ♀♀,
Madagascar
, forest north of Anisobe (lost).
Labels. 628 pt./ {illeg.} Dombeya/ Proct. {illeg.}/
IX 43
/ galle (J. K.); Alt par Pteromalid/
2 sp.
T./
Platygaster
/
dombeyae
/ Risbec [
syntypes
, 2 ♀♀].
Elev. du
7.4.51
. No. G.228. Eclos. le
27.4.51
/ Inst. Scient.
Madagascar
/ Parasites de galle par ronflement de tige/ de Mangidy voa./ Perinet;
Platygaster
/ dombeyi/ Risbec [
syntypes
, 2 3].
Remarks. The two females are dry-mounted on a microscope slide together with a number of chalcidoids and the two cover slips are ringed with paraffin wax. Both female
syntypes
have their heads broken off but still present. One of the bodies is partly crushed and one of the heads has only the scapes remaining. The two male
syntypes
are dry-mounted on a microscope slide, each is mounted under its own cover slip, these are ringed with paraffin wax, both are entire. Future revisers should note that the
type
series is a mixture of at least two species, the structure of the scutellum differs greatly between the males and the females seen here. Three further
syntypes
mentioned by Risbec from
Madagascar
(forest north of Anisobe) were not seen, possibly these are in the MRAC.