Conostigmus gestroi Kieffer, 1907

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Conostigmus Gestroi Kieffer, 1907b: 159, ♀.

Conostigmus kaszabi Szabo, 1979: 89, ♀. HNHM. Synonymized with reservations by Dessart (1983).

Conostigmus gestroi – Kieffer 1914c: 176, 208. Description, keyed. –– Dessart 1983: 115. Synonymy.

Conostigmus kaszabi – Dessart 1983: 115, 116. Junior synonym of Conostigmus gestroi Kieffer, 1907 .

Material examined

FRANCE • 1 ♀; “PATRIE. France: Maisons-Lafitte (De Gaulle), variété à tête chagrinée et parsemée de points très distincts, flagellum mince, filiforme, hanches brun noir (Kieffer 1907b: 159); MNHN EY25345 .

Distribution

Palearctic.

Comments

When Kieffer (1907b: 159) described the species Conostigmus gestroi from a female, he noted the existence of a “variété à tête chagrinée et parsemée de points très distincts, flagellum mince, filiforme, hanches brun noir, ” collected from France at “Maisons- Laffite (De Gaulle)”. Although the location of the holotype of the species is unknown, Dessart found a female specimen in the MNHN that was consistent with the variety Kieffer described. Dessart viewed and left a label on the specimen in 1973 considering it a “ var. illeg .”. Though Dessart hesitantly synonymized Conostigmus kaszabi with C. gestroi (1983), this publication does not comment on the MNHN specimen or mention C. gestroi as a “ var. illeg .”

The female specimen is card mounted (MNHN EY25345) and in good condition, with no pieces missing.