Seladerma nobile Delucchi (Pteromalidae), 1955

Baur, Hannes, 2001, The Hymenoptera (Chalcidoidea, Ichneumonoidea, Platygastroidea) described by Vittorio Delucchi: an annotated catalogue, Journal of Natural History 35 (1), pp. 55-125 : 103

Seladerma nobile Delucchi (Pteromalidae)

Seladerma nobile Delucchi, 1955a: 47 , 51. Holotype m, Germany (NMW [examined]).

Material. HOLOTYPE m (cr, head, right antenna, left protarsus partly lacking, body glued with original micro-pin to card rectangle, left ¯agellum beyond ®fth segment glued beside rest of body) labelled`aberrans Frst [Novitzky’s handwriting]; TYPE [red]; SELADERMA nobile n. V. Delucchi det.’. One slide (sc) labelled`84; SELADERMA [black underlined] typus nobile [red underlined] antenna m; L. nobilis [sic] n. sp. antenna DIS [pasted over by former label]’ with right antenna of holotype.

PARATYPES, NMW: 1 m (cr), 3 mm (mp, two pins) from the FoÈrster collection are considered as part of the type series. One slide (sc) labelled`82; SELADERMA [black underlined] nobile [red underlined] antenna m; 14 [circled] nobilis [sic] DIS [pasted over by former label]’ with right antenna (1955a: 50, ®gure 57) and one slide (sc) labelled`83; SELADERMA [black underlined] Typus nobile [red underlined] ala m; L. nobilis [sic] ( Seladerma ) [almost illegible] 14 [circled] DIS ala [pasted over by former label]’ with right fore wing (1955a: 50, ®gures 58, 59) of a further paratype female.

Remarks. Delucchi described the female and stated`Type deÂpose au MuseÂum d’Histoire Naturelle de Vienne ...(speÂcimens coll. FoÈrster).’ but did not specify the number of specimens he had. The holotype clearly is a remounted specimen from the FoÈrster collection. The label`Typus’ on one of the above slides of a paratype is misleading in that it refers to the holotype which does not lack any wing. These slide-mounted parts which do not correspond to any of the paratypes seen and most probably stem from a single specimen are considered as part of the type series on the basis of the ®gures in the original publication.

Examination of the relevant type series and a further 18 females and one male from Northern Europe ( BMNH, VD) con®rmed the apparent synonymy of nobile with Seladerma laetum Walker as suggested by Graham (1969: 205) .

Status. Junior synonym of Seladerma laetum Walker syn. n.