A catalogue of the types of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) at the Natural History Museum, London
Author
Notton, David G.
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2014
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Tropidopria nigriceps
Ashmead in
Riley, Ashmead & Howard, 1894: 249
, 250.
Valid name
Trichopria nigriceps
(Ashmead in
Riley, Ashmead & Howard, 1894
)
comb. nov.
Summary of
types
Syntypes
3 ♂♂
.
Primary type data
1500 feet
;
St. Vincent
/ W.I./ H.H. Smith;
Tropidopria
/ nigriceps/
♂
Ashm.; W.Indies/ 99-331 (
syntype
♂
).
1000 feet
; St Vincent/ W.I./ H.H. Smith; W.Indies/ 99-331 (
syntype
♂
). St Vincent/ W.I./ H.H. Smith/ 158; W.Indies/ 99-331 (
syntype
♂
).
Type locality
West Indies, St Vincent.
Remarks
This species was described from a female and four males. The three male
syntypes
agree well with the description except that the scutellum is weakly to obscurely carinate; however, there is the superficial appearance of a strong carina because the cuticle is transparent so that a dark gap between the internal scutellar muscle blocks is visible in the place where a carina might be, so probably Ashmead misinterpreted this character and this should not exclude these males from the type series. One additional female standing over this name is not considered syntypic as it disagrees with the description in several points, most notably the antennal club which is sub-four-segmented and has the apical four segments darkened. The
syntype
labelled “
1500 feet
” is glued on a micropin and the left and right fore legs and left mid leg are missing. The
syntype
labelled “
1000 feet
” is glued on a micropin and both antennae are missing beyond a4. The
syntype
numbered “158” is mounted on a card point, with the right antenna missing beyond a3 and the right hind leg missing. The new combination
Trichopria nigriceps
(Ashmead in
Riley, Ashmead & Howard, 1894
)
is a senior secondary homonym of
Trichopria nigriceps
(Kieffer, 1913)
, so Kieffer’s species is given the new replacement name
Trichopria thermarum
nom. nov.
Thermarum
is the genitive plural of
therma
, Latin for a thermal bath, or hot spring, and refers to the type locality of Los Baños.