Anastatus gratidiae Risbec, 1951

Fusu, Lucian, Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, Siebold, Cedric & Villemant, Claire, 2015, Revision of the Eupelmidae Walker, 1833 described by Jean Risbec. Part 1: the slide mounted specimens housed at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris, Zoosystema 37 (3), pp. 457-480 : 463

Anastatus gratidiae Risbec, 1951

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Anastatus gratidiae Risbec, 1951a: 204-205 . Original description, ♀, Senegal, Bambey ; 1949: 602, 603 (nomen nudum); 1950a: 451 (nomen nudum). — Hedqvist 1970: 432 (catalogued).

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Anastatus (Anastatus) gratidiae Risbec, 1951 n. stat. [new subgeneric status].

TYPE MATERIAL. — MNHN.14.27. Lectotype ♀ (here designated) marked on the coverslip with an arrow and one ♀ paralectotype, both dry mounted and crushed under the coverslip, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Anastatus gratidiae / Risbec/ ex ω. Phasmidae / 11.1.1944 / Bambey.” and “ Paralectotype; Lectotype [red labels]; LECTOTYPE / Anastatus / gratidiae Risbec / Det. Fusu L. 2011”.

MNHN, ex. coll. ORSTOM.2.14.One ♀ paralectotype, dry mounted, slightly crushed under coverslip, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Anastatus / gratidiae Risbec / sur salades/ Bambey”.

REMARKS

The uncontorted female on slide MNHN.14.27 is designated as lectotype. The female on slide ORSTOM.2.14, although mentioned by Risbec (1951a), does not fit the original description and seems to be a female of A. apantelesi .