Taxonomic history and review of the Förster genera of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea) Author Awad, Jessica 0F70AC80-70B4-4AED-BF6E-A191DF4F68BB State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. FDACS-DPI, 1911 SW 34 St, Gainesville FL 32608, USA. jessica.awad@smns-bw.de Author Krogmann, Lars CF157CC1-326C-4BF9-A262-CBF9FF179B6E State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. FDACS-DPI, 1911 SW 34 St, Gainesville FL 32608, USA. lars.krogmann@smns-bw.de Author Talamas, Elijah FDE12E40-BFCE-444A-AFAD-9A214A129345 elijah.talamas@fdacs.gov text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-06-15 875 1 1 46 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.875.2137 journal article 56102 10.5852/ejt.2023.875.2137 7d1475e5-5737-43a0-910d-c83a4cc6878c 2118-9773 8047251 6F308D64-2F63-454F-AF52-2F712A1DD2F5 Amblyaspis tritici ( Walker, 1835 ) Fig. 4 Platygaster tritici Haliday, 1830 – Curtis 1830: 309 (nomen nudum). — Walker 1835: 233 . Platygaster tritici Curtis, 1831 – Muesebeck & Walkley 1956: 327 (nomen nudum). Platygaster tritici Walker, 1835 – Vlug & Graham 1984: 119 ; 1995: 12. Amblyaspis tritici ( Walker, 1835 ) – Vlug 1995: 13 . Material examined Lectotype [WESTERN EUROPE] • 1 ♂ ; [ Haliday leg.]; NMINH NMINH_2018_11_30 . Remarks The type species of Amblyaspis was first designated by Ashmead (1893) as “ Amblyaspis aliena Förster ”. Although Amblyaspis aliena ( Nees, 1834 ) is a valid species with which Förster was familiar, Ashmead’s combination was considered a nomen nudum by Muesebeck & Walkley (1956) , who designated “ Platygaster tritici Curtis, 1831 ” instead. The latter name first appeared in Curtis’s British Entomology, a series of illustrations published periodically between 1824 and 1839. Curtis (1830) attributed the species to Haliday. However, there was no description and the combination is therefore also a nomen nudum. The species was not formally described until Walker (1835) , who also attributed it to Haliday. Fig. 3. Amblyaspis forticornis ( Nees, 1834 ) , neotype, ♀ (NHMW-HYM#0005324). A . Dorsal habitus. B . Anterolateral head. C . Lateral habitus. Vlug (1995) designated “ Platygaster tritici Walker, 1835 ” as the type species, with a male lectotype from the Haliday collection in Dublin. Unfortunately, the country of origin of this specimen cannot be determined, as Haliday collected in both England and Ireland , and both countries are mentioned in the original description.