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 Allantus dusmeti Konow, 1894 A junior subjective synonym of Tenthredo ( Elinora ) baetica Spinola, 1843 , synonymy with Elinora baetica by Benson (1968: 183) . Types. Allantus Dusmeti [sic!] Konow, 1894a: 96 . Syntypes ♂ ♀ “Hispania [...] Madrid und bei Rivas ” . Lectotype ♀ hereby designated ( SDEI , Fig. 19 , see also http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.821216) Type locality: Spain : Madrid . Paralectotypes : 1 ♀ ( MNCN _ Ent 82398) , 1 ♂ ( MNCN _ Ent 82399, http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/ m9.figshare.850213) both from Rivas , leg. Dusmet , 14–5– [18]93, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 2270 . Discussion. Benson (1968: 183) designated a lectotype from the SDEI collection (see http://dx.doi.org/ 10.6084/m9.figshare.816890). According to the reverse of the data label, this specimen was collected on 14-5- [190]2. Therefore, Benson’s designation is invalid. Benson’s systematic placement as a synonym of the highly variable Tenthredo baetica seems to be correct. Currently, it is considered to belong to the Iberian nominotypical subspecies ( Taeger et al. 2010 ). The status of the more widely distributed subspecies Tenthredo ( Elinora ) baetica dominiquei ( Konow, 1894b ) is doubtful because of the overlapping distribution areas. It is not unlikely that dominiquei is a synonym of baetica , and that in this case subspecies cannot be separated.