Ropalophorus wisconsinensis Shenefelt, 1960

Hovorka, Tomáš & Macek, Jan, 2022, Catalogue of type specimens of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 62 (2), pp. 521-546 : 524

Ropalophorus wisconsinensis Shenefelt, 1960

Ropalophorus wisconsinensis Shenefelt, 1960: 543 , Fig. B (original description).

Two paratypes are deposited in NMPC (general collection):

PARATYPE ( ♀): ‘Wood co., Wis./ Nekoosa [p] / vii-10 [hw] 19 [p] 48 [hw] / W.W. Barrett [p] // light trap [p] // PARATYPE [p] / Ropalophorus / wisconsinensis / Shenefelt 1960 [hw, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 25.610 [hw, blue ink, orange label]’ ( Fig. 8 ).

PARATYPE ( ♀): ‘Wood co., Wis. / Nekoosa [p] / vii-II [hw] 19 [p] 46 [hw] / W.W. Barrett [p] // light trap [p] // PARATYPE [p] / Ropalophorus / wisconsinensis / Shenefelt 1960 [hw, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 25.611 [hw, blue ink, orange label]’.

Current status. Junior synonym of Ropalophorus clavicornis (Wemael, 1835) (see YU et al. 2016). Distribution. USA (see YU et al. 2016).

Figures

Fig. 8. Paratype of Ropalophorus wisconsinensis Shenefelt, 1960 with its labels (scale bar = 2.5 mm).