A photographic catalog of Ceraphronoidea types at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN), with comments on unpublished notes from Paul Dessart
Author
Trietsch, Carolyn
Author
Mikó, István
Author
Deans, Andrew R.
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2019
2019-02-28
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Dendrocerus omostenus
Dessart, 1979
Fig. 23
Dendrocerus omostenus
Dessart, 1979b
: 34
,
♀
. MNHN.
Dendrocerus omostenus
–
Fergusson 1980
: 301
. Possibly a species of
Conostigmus
.
Material examined
Holotype
ALGERIA
•
♀
; “«
Oran
,
7-4-1958
/ J. Bar- bier», «1069», «Prép. mictoscopiques N° 7707 /081»” (
Dessart 1979b: 38
);
MNHN
EY25348
,
EY22455
,
EY22456
.
Distribution
Palearctic.
Fig. 23.
Dendrocerus omostenus
Dessart, 1979
, holotype, ♀.
A
. Dorsal habitus (MNHN EY25348).
B
. Lateral habitus.
C
. Right antenna (MNHN EY22455).
Comments
Dessart (1979b)
described this species from a single female specimen. In his publication, he explains that he placed the species in the genus
Dendrocerus
mainly because of the ocellar triangle, which is an isosceles triangle and has a broad base in this species, whereas in species of
Conostigmus
the ocellar triangle is more equilateral. He notes that the species also lacks a sternaulus, which is sometimes present in
Conostigmus
but always absent in
Dendrocerus
. However, he does admit that the species bears similarities to the genus
Conostigmus
, notably in the scape, the presence of the supraclypeal depression, and the slim appearance of the noutalices and the mesosoma (
Dessart 1979b
).
The single female specimen is card mounted (MNHN EY25348), with two slide preparations (prép. no. 7707/081) of the right antenna (MNHN EY22455) and the right fore and hind wings (MNHN EY22456).