Platygaster leroyi, Risbec, 1958

Notton, David G., 2010, A catalogue of the types of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with brief notes on the history of the collection, Zootaxa 2358, pp. 1-24 : 13

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2358.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6494155

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B887BD-FFED-9479-6BEE-8DCFFA96F8A3

treatment provided by

Plazi (2016-04-08 23:12:46, last updated by Felipe 2025-01-03 04:54:05)

scientific name

Platygaster leroyi
status

 

Platygaster leroyi Risbec, 1958: 127 , figs 19a–e, 21c–d.

Current status. Platygaster leroyi

Holotype, sex?, locality? ( MRAC); paratypes 6 ♀♀; 3; 1 sex not determined, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Northern Lake Kivu, Rwankwi ( MNHN); paratypes 40 ♀, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Northern Lake Kivu, Rwankwi or Ruanda, Contrefort Est Muhavura (lost). Holotype by original designation.

Remarks. Eight paratypes in the MNHN were seen. Of the other 41 type specimens mentioned by Risbec (1958), the holotype is at the MRAC (E. de Coninck pers. comm.) and the others may be there too.

Risbec, J. (1958) Contributions a la connaissance des Hymenopteres Chalcidoides et Proctotrupoides de l'Afrique Noire. Annales du Musee royal du Congo Belge Tervuren (8 e Serie), 64, 105 - 139.

MRAC

Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

SuperFamily

Platygastroidea

Family

Platygastridae

Genus

Platygaster