Nomenclatural Notes on the Eurytomids (Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) Described by Jean Brèthes Housed in Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “ Bernardino Rivadavia ”
Author
Gates, Michael W.
text
Zootaxa
2014
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3790.1.9
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Bruchophagus opposita
(Brèthes)
new combination
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Eudecatoma opposita
Brèthes 1916a
: 9
.
Lectotype
, female, here designated.
Sycophila opposita
;
combination by
De
Santis 1979
: 9
, 79.
Type
material.
A single pin with a card mount bearing
11 female
wasps with four labels: “En capsulas de clavales (Dianthus), 25, Porter” [hand written]/”
Eudecatoma opposita Br.
” [handwritten]/”
TYPUS
” [typed]/
Bruchophagus opposita
(Brèthes)
Lectotype
female (black dot),
Paralectotypes
[red].” The
lectotype
female is the left-most specimen of the third row (nearest the pin, marked with a black dot) and the remaining
10 specimens
are
paralectotypes
, all female (
Figs. 13, 14
). Overall, the specimens are dirty and poorly mounted. The position of each
paralectotype
and missing parts are as follows: right half of head, antennae beyond scape, right foreleg beyond femur missing (top left); antennae beyond scape, right wings (top left, center); antennae beyond scape (top right, center); antennae beyond scape, apical metatarsomeres (top right); middle row specimens complete; antennae beyond scape (L) or pedicel (R) (bottom left, center); left protarsus, mesotibia, mesotarsus, metatibia, metatarsus (bottom right, center); right antenna beyond F1, left fore wing detached, left protarsus and metatarsus (bottom right).
Nomenclature and notes.
Upon examination of the
type
series, this species clearly belongs in
Bruchophagus
Ashmead
, based on characters presented by
Lotfalizadeh et al. (2007)
to define the genus, including absence of a genal carina, reduced sculpture on the head and mesosoma, flat and nearly vertically oriented propodeum, etc. Brèthes based his description on more than one specimen given that he reports a range for body length measurements and refers to “quelques exemplaires” to conclude the description. However, his description reports neither the host record and locality on the label nor the correct date. A “25” appears instead of “X, 1914”. Porter is however listed as collector in both the description and the label.