Opius annulicornis (Thomson, 1895)

Xynobius (Xynobius) annulicornis Thomson, 1895: 2188 (original combination).

The ʻallotype’ is deposited in NMPC:

ALLOTYPE (♂): ‘ Velký Vřešťov / Bohemia or. / Bouček [p] 13.viii.56. [hw] // Opius [p] / annulicornis / ♂ Thoms. [hw] / det. Fischer // Allotype [p, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv.[p] 3232 [hw, orange label]’ (Fig. 13).

Current status. Junior synonym of Xynobius (Xynobius) thomsoni (Fischer, 1971) (see FIsCHER 1971b, 1972; GADALLAH et al. 2022).

Distribution. Austria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom (see YU et al. 2016, GADALLAH et al. 2022).

Remark. The ʻallotype’ refers to the first description of a male of the species but is not a type specimen in the sense of ICZN (1999).