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.
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-04-16
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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
.