Echthrus atrator Walker, 1874

Shimizu, So & Broad, Gavin R., 2020, Photographic catalogue of the oldest primary types of Japanese Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera), those described by Frederick Smith and Francis Walker in 1874, Journal of Natural History 54 (17), pp. 1115-1198 : 1171-1173

Echthrus atrator Walker, 1874

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Taxonomic history. Morley (1913b) suggested this species is close to Cecidonomus Bridgman, 1880 , but Uchida (1940b) transferred it to Cratocryptus Cameron, 1905a , and Townes et al. (1965) finally to Cubocephalus Ratzeburg, 1848 .

Current taxonomy. Cubocephalus atrator ( Walker, 1874) ( Ichneumonidae : Cryptinae : Aptesini ).

Type number. Type 3b.413. Specimen # NHMUK010634930

Type status. Holotype.

Sex. Female.

Type locality. Japan.

Label data. First label, ‘Type’ (round label, with red margin; printed); second label, ‘B.M. TYPE /HYM./3.b.413’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third line handwriting); third label, ‘ Japan./Coll.F. Walker./ 1913–71.’ (square label; printed); fourth label, ‘262’ (square label; handwriting); fifth label, ‘ Echthrus /atrator’ (square label; handwriting); sixth

label, ‘Pycuocryptus/atrator, walk/Morley det. ii. 16’ (square label; ‘Morley det.’ printed and the remaining characters handwriting).

Condition. Not good; the following are missing: right antenna after the 2nd flagellomere, left antenna after the 4th flagellomere, left fore leg after the trochanter, left mid and hind legs, left wings.

Figures

Figure 36. Holotype female of Echthrus atrator Walker, 1874 (= Cubocephalus atrator (Walker, 1874)): (a) labels (b) lateral habitus (c) head, frontal view (d) head, dorsal view (e) head, lateral view (f) mesoscutum, dorsal view (g) scutellum and propodeum, dorsal view (h) mesosoma, lateral view (i) wings.