Rhogas aztecus Cameron 1905

Broad, Gavin R., 2021, Taxonomic changes in Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera), and notes on certain type specimens, Zootaxa 4941 (4), pp. 511-541 : 514

3. Rhogas aztecus Cameron 1905

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Current combination. Aleiodes aztecus ( Cameron, 1905) ( Braconidae : Rogadinae ); Valerio (2006).

Material examined. Rhogas aztecus ♂ holotype, NHMUK, Mexico: ‘Type’; ‘Cameron Coll. 1906-138.’; ‘ Rhogas aztecus Cam. Type Mexico’; ‘ B.M.Type Hym. 3c.2294 ’; ‘ NHMUK010635173 ’.

Comments. Cameron (1905) did not mention the type locality of this species and neither Shenefelt (1975) nor Yu et al. (2016) list a type depository. A male specimen (NHMUK010635173), matching Cameron’s description and labelled as ‘ Rhogas aztecus Cam Type Mexico’ in Cameron’s handwriting, is in NHMUK. This has now been given the type number 3c.2294. Valerio (2006) transferred Rhogas aztecus to Aleiodes Wesmael , where it seems to be close to A. atricornis (Cresson 1872) in the Aleiodes gasterator species group, according to the identification key by Marsh & Shaw (2001).

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FIGURE 3. Rhogas aztecus Cameron 1905 holotype male (NHMUK010635173): lateral habitus (above), dorsal habitus (below), labels inset; scale bar = 2 mm.