A catalogue of types of the smaller taxa of Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with notes on the history of the insect collection of L. A. G. Bosc d’Antic
Author
Notton, David G.
The Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology, Cromwell Road, London, SW 7 5 BD (United Kingdom) d. notton @ nhm. ac. uk
text
Zoosystema
2007
29
3
457
470
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5391305
1638-9387
5391305
Monomachus ruficeps
Brullé, 1846
Monomachus ruficeps
Brullé, 1846: 535
.
CURRENT STATUS. —
Monomachus fuscator
(Perty, 1833)
.
LECTOTYPE
(designated by
Schulz 1911
). —
Brazil
,
São Paulo province
, north of
São Paulo
,
♀
(
MNHN
).
LABELS. — Muséum Paris/ Nord Capit’e/ de St Paul;
Monomachus
/
ruficeps Br.
; Du Nord/ de la capit/ de St Paul; type;
Holotype
/
Monomachus ruficeps
/ Brullé, fide Musetti & Johnson 2000 [
lectotype
♀
].
REMARKS
There is no conclusive evidence that the original description was based on a single specimen, and so there is not a
holotype
.
Schulz (1911)
may be considered to have designated a
lectotype
(
ICZN 1999
: Art. 74.5) when he wrote: “Nach Ansicht des typischen
♀
von
ruficeps
Brullé
im Museum Paris” [= From an examination of the typical female of
ruficeps
Brullé
in Paris Museum]. The
lectotype
is pinned, and slightly mouldy, with the left flagellum missing after the first segment, the right flagellum missing after the third segment, the right fore wing and both hind wings a little broken, and the apex of the left mid tarsus missing. The synonymy established by
Schulz (1904)
, and recently confirmed by
Musetti & Johnson (2004)
, is followed here.