Trissolcus barrowi (Dodd) nomen dubium Figures 17-19

Telenomus barrowi Dodd, 1920: 356 (original description).

Microphanurus barrowi (Dodd): Nixon, 1938: 124, 137 (description, generic transfer, keyed); Nixon, 1943: 138 (keyed).

Microphanurus borrowi (Dodd): Risbec, 1950: 569 (keyed, error).

Trissolcus barrowi (Dodd): Masner, 1965: 124 (type information, generic transfer); Johnson, 1992: 623 (cataloged, type information); Rajmohana K. & Narendran, 2007: 102 (keyed).

Description.

Number of sublateral setae (on one side): 0. Setation of laterotergite 1: absent. Longitudinal striation of T2: present in anterior two-thirds of tergite. Setation of T2: present in a transverse line posteriorly. Setation of laterotergite 2: present. Striation of S2: present in anterior half of sternite not covered by laterotergites. Setation of S2: sparsely present throughout area not covered by laterotergite.

Link to distribution map.

http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=3188

Material examined.

Holotype, female, T. barrowi: INDIA: Himachal Pradesh St., Dalhousie, 11.VIII.1906, reared, H. J. W. Barrow, B.M. TYPE HYM. 9.323 (deposited in BMNH).

Comments.

The holotype specimen consists of a metasoma and a wing, which are insufficient to separate this species from other species of Trissolcus, nor can it be confidently distinguished with the descriptions by Dodd (1920) and Nixon (1938). The condition of the type is so poor that designation of a neotype is warranted. However, this is confounded by the host association on the holotype labels that indicate that it emerged from the egg of a hawk moth ( Sphingidae)- which is most likely an error. In the absence of material from vicinity of the type locality required for designation of a neotype, we presently treat T. barrowi as nomen dubium.