Photographic catalogue of the oldest primary types of Japanese Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera), those described by Frederick Smith and Francis Walker in 1874 Author Shimizu, So Laboratory of Insect Biodiversity and Ecosystem Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kôbe University, Kôbe, Hyôgo, Japan; Research Fellow (DC 1 and Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tôkyô, Japan; Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK parasitoidwasp.sou@gmail.com Author Broad, Gavin R. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK text Journal of Natural History 2020 2020-10-16 54 17 1115 1198 journal article 9719 10.1080/00222933.2020.1776905 ccef5905-96d5-4ea8-b438-168afd46d3fc 1464-5262 4116141 22F74559-4F79-47B2-81DB-34C6C3B5729F Cryptus basalis Smith, 1874 ( Figure 5 ) Taxonomic history. Uchida (1940a) synonymised this species under Rhembobius perscrutator ( Thunberg, 1824 ) , which was followed by Horstmann (2000) in his revision of Western Palaearctic Rhembobius Förster, 1869 . Current taxonomy. Junior synonym of Rhembobius perscrutator ( Thunberg, 1824 ) ( Ichneumonidae : Cryptinae : Aptesini ). Type number. Type 3b.362. Specimen # NHMUK010634927 Type status. Holotype . Sex. Female. Type locality. Hyôgo Prefecture , Honshû, Japan . Label data. First label, ‘ Type /CM’ (round label, with red margin; first line printed and second line handwriting); second label, ‘B.M. TYPE /HYM./3b.362’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third line handwriting); third label, ‘Hiogo/ Japan .’ (square label; first line handwriting and second line printed); fourth label, ‘ Cryptus /basalis/ Type Sm.’ (square label; handwriting). Condition. Good, but only first tarsomere of left hind tarsus remaining, and right antenna, from 4th flagellomere, removed and mounted on a glue board.