The type specimens of sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid Author Taeger, Andreas Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (SDEI), Eberswalder Strasse 90, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany. Author París, Mercedes Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid (MNCN, CSIC) c / José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. Author Nieves-Aldrey, Jose Luis Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid (MNCN, CSIC) c / José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. text Zootaxa 2014 2014-04-16 3790 1 103 138 journal article 5622 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.1.5 77c72766-2575-400f-9f6b-aa27987bd658 1175-5326 4914035 F8AA1D86-A9C2-422F-B1C1-2C92BFE07966 Tristactus punctatus var. candidatus Konow, 1899 A junior subjective synonym of Megalodontes judaicus ( Lepeletier, 1823 ) , synonymy by Taeger, 1998: 191 . Types. Tristactus punctatus var. candidatus Konow, 1899: 204 . Syntype (s) , “in Asia minore prope ab Akbes urbe”. Lectotype hereby designated (MNCN_Ent 81534, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 8125, Fig. 09, see also http:// dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.754590). Type locality: Turkey : Hatay: Akbes ( 36.857°N , 36.518°E ; “Akbés”). Discussion. All taxa formerly treated as species of Tristactus Konow, 1897 , are currently considered to belong to Megalodontes judaicus . The var. candidatus is a very pale form that was collected together with darker specimens. Benson (1968: 115) synonymized T. punctatus Konow, 1898 with judaicus . Without comment, Taeger (1998) listed T. punctatus var. candidatus as a synonym of judaicus .