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catalog of Ceraphronoidea types at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN), with comments on unpublished notes from Paul Dessart, European Journal of Taxonomy 502, pp. 1-60 : 38-41

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.502

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5662042

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C3635F69-FFE9-9828-FDF1-FA31FD9FFA6F

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scientific name

Conostigmus pedester Kieffer, 1913
status

 

Conostigmus pedester Kieffer, 1913 View in CoL

Figs 21–22 View Fig View Fig

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

Conostigmus pedester View in CoL – 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 About MNHN , EY22452 About MNHN , EY22453 About MNHN .

Allolectotype

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

Paralectotypes

KENYA • 1 ♂; same data as for lectotype; MNHN EY25356 About MNHN 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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Megaspilidae

Genus

Conostigmus

Loc

Conostigmus pedester Kieffer, 1913

Trietsch, Carolyn, Mikó, István & Deans, Andrew R. 2019
2019
Loc

Conostigmus pedester

Dessart 1966: 24
Kieffer 1914: 177
1914
Loc

Conostigmus pedester

Kieffer 1913: 38
Kieffer J. J. 1913: 13
1913
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