Eusandalum bambeyi 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 : 473

Eusandalum bambeyi Risbec, 1951

Eusandalum bambeyi Risbec, 1951a: 232-234 . Original description, ♀ ♂, Senegal, Bambey. — Bouček 1967: 265 (catalogued); 1976b: 351 (revived combination).— Gibson 1989: 56 (catalogued).

Polymoria bambeyi – Hedqvist 1970: 428-429, 441 (lectotype designation, change of combination, illustrated, keyed, catalogued).

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Eusandalum bambeyi Risbec, 1951 .

TYPE MATERIAL. — General collection. Lectotype ♀, specimen glued laterally to a rectangular card, mesosoma crushed, gaster collapsed, half of left antenna missing: “ Eusandalum / bambeyi Risbec / Bambey [label detached from slide MNHN.14.65 that is missing, in Risbec’s handwriting]; Lectotypus ♀ / Eusandalum / bambeyi Risb. / K-J. Hedqvist det. 1965; Eusandalum / bambeyi ”.

One ♂ paralectotype, glued laterally to a rectangular card, both antennae broken beyond fl1, but glued next to the specimen, mesosoma crushed and only basal part of right wing present: “ Polymoria / bambeyi (Risb.) / ♂ / K.-J. Hedqvist det. 69; Paralectotype; Eusandalum / bambeyi (R.)”.

MNHN, ex. coll. ORSTOM.2.40. Paralectotype ♀, dry mount- ed, crushed under the coverslip, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “Bambey/ Wane. 1947./ Eusandalum / bambeyi Risbec ”, in Gibson’s handwriting “ PARALECTOTYPE / Eusandalum / bambeyi Risbec / ( Hedqvist, 1970)”, and “TYPE [red label]; BONDY SEINE/ Coll. RISBEC/ C.S T ORSTOM ” .

REMARKS

This species was described from two females and one male. Hedqvist (1970) redescribed the species and designated a lectotype. He classified it in the genus Polymoria Förster, 1856 whereas Bouček (1976b) retained the original combination. Contrary to Hedqvist (1970), our opinion is that the male paralectotype is not conspecific with the female lectotype. The slide MNHN.14.65 is missing, the specimens were remounted by Hedqvist and are presently housed in the general collection of the MNHN.

Eusandalum bicristatum Risbec, 1951 ( Fig. 2A, E )

Eusandalum bicristatum Risbec, 1951a: 235-236 . Original description, ♀, Senegal, Bambey; 1954b: 123-125 (male described, illustrated, biology). — Hedqvist 1970: 440 (catalogued). — Bouček 1967: 265 (catalogued). — Gibson 1989: 56 (catalogued).

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Eusandalum bicristatum Risbec, 1951 .

TYPE MATERIAL. — MNHN, ex. coll. ORSTOM.2.41. Holotype ♀ (by monotypy), about 3.5 mm in length, balsam-mounted laterally, badly squashed, the slide broken in two parts approximately at the level of the syntergum and fixed with adhesive tape, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Eusandalum / bicristatum / Risbec/ 1944 Bambey” and “TYPE [red label]; BONDY SEINE/ Coll. RISBEC/ C.S T. ORSTOM ”.

NON TYPE MATERIAL. — General collection. A non type card mounted female: “ Eusandalum / ( Eupelmidae )/ E. bicristatum / IX-48 Risbec [label detached from slide MNHN.14.66, in Risbec’s handwriting; E. bicristatum and Risbec in a different ink]; Holotype / Bouček/ 1975; Calosota / aristidae / Risb./ ♀ / K.-J. Hedqvist det. 69 [obviously a mislabeling]; Holotype / ♀ Eusandalum / bicristatum Risb. / det. Z. Bouček, 1975/ not Calosota / aristidae ” .

MNHN, ex. coll. ORSTOM.2.42. Male genitalia and mandible, which are parts of the second male mentioned by Risbec (1954b), labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Eusandalum / bicristatum Risbec / Penis Md. ♂ ”.

MNHN, ex. coll. ORSTOM.2.43. A dry mounted male mentioned later by Risbec (1954b), labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Eusandalum ♂ / bicristatum Risbec / ex Acacia tortilis . / 40 km de Bechar/ Descarpentries”.

REMARKS

This species was described from a single female ( Risbec 1951a, 1954b). The female on a rectangular card (see above) with a holotype label, a label by Hedqvist as “ Calosota aristidae Risbec ” and another by Bouček as “ Holotype ♀ Eusandalum bicristatum Risb. not Calosota aristidae ” is not the holotype, but probably the specimen from slide MNHN.14.66 that is missing.The holotype is the specimen on slide ORSTOM.2.41 because it is the correct size and has the correct locality data, and it has been labeled accordingly.

Figures

FIG. 2. — A, E, Slide ORSTOM.2.41, uncleared specimen mounted in Canada balsam and coverslip sealed with wax, Eusandalum bicristatum Risbec,1951, holotype; B, slide MNHN.14.73,specimen mounted in Canada balsam on a wooden strip,Polymoria curculionis Risbec,1951, paralectotype;C, F, slide MNHN.14.26, specimen partly mounted in Canada balsam and coverslip sealed with wax, Anastatus bostrychidi Risbec, 1951, holotype; D, slide ORSTOM.2.48, dry mounted specimens with coverslip sealed with wax, Mesocomys sp.