Conostigmus pedester Kieffer, 1913

Trietsch, Carolyn, Mikó, István & Deans, Andrew R., 2019, A photographic catalog of Ceraphronoidea types at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN), with comments on unpublished notes from Paul Dessart, European Journal of Taxonomy 502, pp. 1-60 : 38-41

Conostigmus pedester Kieffer, 1913

Figs 21–22

Conostigmus pedester Kieffer, 1913b: 13 , ♂, ♀. MNHN.

Conostigmus pedester – Kieffer 1914c: 177, 215. Description, keyed. –– Dessart 1966a: 24. Lectotype designation, description; 1997a: 62, 125. Description, keyed.

Material examined

Lectotype

KENYA • ♀; “AFRIQUE ORIENTALE ANGLAISE: mont Kénya: prairies alpines: a une altitude de 3.300 et 3.700 m., 27 janvier 1912, st. no 43. -- escarpements rocheux sur la rive gauche de Haugsburg vallée, altitude de 3.650 m., 31 janvier 1912, st. no 44; tamisages” ( Kieffer 1913b: 14); MNHN EY25354 , EY22452 , EY22453 .

Allolectotype

KENYA • ♂; same data as for lectotype; MNHN EY25353 , EY22450 , EY22451 .

Paralectotypes

KENYA • 1 ♂; same data as for lectotype; MNHN EY25356 • 2 ♀♀; same data as for lectotype; EY25355 .

Note The specimens do not include individual labels with locality information, so it is uncertain which specimens came from which locality.

Distribution

Afrotropical.

Comments

Kieffer (1913b) described both the male and female of Conostigmus pedester from specimens collected by Ch. Alluaud and R. Jeannel on their 1911–1912 African expedition. Dessart (1966a) redescribed and illustrated the species. There are five specimens in all at the MNHN, two males and three females. Dessart (1966a) designated a female lectotype and male allolectotype, with the remaining specimens as paralectotypes. The type information is missing from the specimens, but is provided in Dessart (1966a).

The female lectotype is in ethanol (vial MNHN EY25354). There are two slide preparations (prép. no. 6506/042), one with the left antenna (MNHN EY22452) and one with a reduced wing (MNHN EY22453).

The male allolectotype is also in ethanol (vial MNHN EY25353). There are two slide preparations (prép. no. 6506/041), one with the left antenna (MNHN EY22450) and the other with the male genitalia in poor condition (MNHN EY22451). The right antenna is missing.

The male paralectotype is in ethanol (vial MNHN EY25356) and bears a determination label from Kieffer marked with “Type 44”. The metasoma is missing the end segments and genitalia, which was noted in Dessart (1966a). The two female paralectotypes are together in the same ethanol vial (MNHN EY25355), and bear a determination label from Kieffer marked with “Type 43”. The two female paralectotypes were not imaged.

Figures

Fig. 21. Conostigmus pedester Kieffer, 1913. A–B. Lectotype, ♀. A. Specimen in ethanol, lateral view (MNHN EY25354). B. Left antenna (MNHN EY22452). C. Paralectotype, ♂, in ethanol, lateral view (MNHN EY25356).

Fig. 22. Conostigmus pedester Kieffer, 1913, allolectotype, ♂. A. Lateral habitus (MNHN EY25353). B. Left antenna (MNHN EY22450). C. Genitalia, lateral view, in poor condition (MNHN EY22451).