Choeras tegularis (Szépligeti, 1905), Szepligeti, 1905

Fernandez-Triana, J. L., 2015, A revision of the genus Protomicroplitis Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4039 (4), pp. 529-542 : 532

Choeras tegularis (Szépligeti, 1905) . Revised combination.

Microgaster tegularis Szépligeti, 1905: 49 . Original description.

Protomicroplitis tegularis (Szépligeti, 1905) . Nixon, 1965: 235. Revised combination.

Choeras tegularis (Szépligeti, 1905) . Austin & Dangerfield, 1992: 21. Revised combination.

Protomicroplitis tegularis (Szépligeti, 1905) . Papp, 2004: 206. Revised combination. Papp was aware of the paper by Austin & Dangerfield (1992), as he loaned the type of tegularis to them ( Papp, 2004: 206), but without explanation transferred the species back to Protomicroplitis .

Protomicroplitis tegularis (Szépligeti, 1905) . Yu et al. 2012. It is very likely that Yu et al. (2012) were merely following Papp (2004). Although technically Taxapad ( Yu et al. 2012) is not a publication, it is a consulted and followed source by the taxonomic community.

Comments. Because the male holotype is lost ( Austin & Dangerfield 1993, Papp 2004) the correct identity of this species may never be established unambiguously. However, it is clear that this species is not Protomicroplitis , based on the illustrations of the fore wing in Nixon (1965: Fig. 304), and propodeum and mediotergites 1–3 in Austin & Dangerfield (1992: Fig. 27 ). I agree with Austin & Dangerfield (1992) that it is most likely to be Choeras .

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 29. Protomicroplitis mediata, male specimen. 25 — head, frontal view; 26 — habitus, lateral view; 27 — metasoma and hind legs, lateral view; 28 — fore wing; 29 — habitus, dorsal view.