The Hymenoptera (Chalcidoidea, Ichneumonoidea, Platygastroidea) described by Vittorio Delucchi: an annotated catalogue
Author
Baur, Hannes
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Journal of Natural History
2001
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/002229301447899
journal article
10.1080/002229301447899
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Lamprotatus niger
Delucchi (Pteromalidae)
Lamprotatus niger
Delucchi, 1953a: 205
.
Holotype
m,
Austria
:
NiederoÈsterreich
,
Wienerwald
,
Puchberg
(NMW [examined]).
Material
.
HOLOTYPE
m (cp, left ¯agellum beyond second segment, right antenna, and right mesotarsus partly lacking) labelled`13.8.15 Puchberg; TYPE [red];
TELEPSOGOS [
sic
] niger
n. V.
Delucchi det.’. One slide (sc) labelled`5;
TELEPSOGOS
[
sic
, black underlined] niger [red underlined] antenna m;
L. niger
n. sp.
DIS [pasted over by former label]’ with right antenna (
Delucchi, 1955a: 37
, ®gure 41) of
holotype
.
Remarks
. Delucchi described the female and stated`
Type
im Nat. Museum in
Wien
.’ but did not specify the number of specimens he had.
Examination of the relevant name-bearing types and
22 females
,
18 males
from the Italian and Swiss Alps (
MZL
,
NMBE
) showed that
niger
is very close to
Seladerma genale
(Thomson)
. The female is separated from the latter mainly by the longer marginal vein which is 1.27±1.42 times as long as the stigmal vein (1.15 in the
holotype
of
genale
). Moreover, the hypostomal carinae are farther apart and more curving outwards than in Graham’s ®gure of the head of
genale
(1969: 184, ®gure 148, from
holotype
?). Unfortunately, the
holotype
of
genale
now also lacks the head (see also
Graham, 1969: 197
), thus this characters could not be veri®ed. No additional material of
genale
from Northern Europe was available. The status of
niger
should be reconsidered in a more comprehensive study.
Status
.
Seladerma nigrum
(Delucchi) (
Fitton
et al
., 1978: 76
)
.