A Taxonomic Revision of Nearctic Conostigmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae) Author Trietsch, Carolyn Author Mikó, István Author Ezray, Briana Author Deans, Andrew R. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-15 4792 1 1 155 journal article 21681 10.11646/zootaxa.4792.1.1 dd8ef826-0c0f-4261-b127-1d1afa7f5601 1175-5326 3895976 326F6A15-216E-439A-AD59-3CDF7551D3F6 Conostigmus nigripes ( Kieffer, 1906 ) Species Comments and History. Kieffer (1906) described this species from a male specimen or specimens collected in Santa Clara, California . The female of the species is unknown. Kieffer (1906) includes this species in a key to male species that are closely related to C. schwarzi Ashmead, 1893 apart from the antennae (which is logical because the type of C. schwarzi is female and there is sexual dimorphism in the antennae). Kieffer (1906) differentiates this species from others in the key by the following characters: “Beine schwarz; 2. Fühlerglied die Hälfte des 3. Erreichend” (pg. 258). The description further adds, “Wangen ohne Furche”, which we interpret as the absence of the facial sulcus ( Kieffer, 1906 ). The rest of the description and later redescription relies on antennal characters, microsculpture and coloration ( Kieffer, 1906 ; 1914 ). The location of the type material is unknown, and the characters given in the description are common across Conostigmus . We consider Conostigmus nigripes as a species inquirenda .