Leptacis foersteri Kieffer, 1914

Awad, Jessica, Zimmermann, Dominique & Talamas, Elijah, 2024, A photographic type catalogue of Platygastroidea (Insecta, Hymenoptera) in the Natural History Museum Vienna, European Journal of Taxonomy 938, pp. 1-58 : 6

Leptacis foersteri Kieffer, 1914

Fig. 1

Leptacis foersteri Kieffer, 1914: 414 . Type locality: Germany, Aachen.

Proleptacis foersteri – Kieffer 1926: 632–633.

Material examined

Lectotype (here designated) GERMANY • 1 ♀; Aachen; A. Förster leg.; NHMW-HYM#0006906 .

Remarks

Kieffer described Leptacis foersteri from the Förster collection. Kieffer often gave these species the names that Förster intended but never published (nomina nuda), but in this case, he chose not to. The specimen under the nomen nudum “acanthophora” ( Fig. 1 ) matches the descriptions given by Kieffer (1914, 1926). Although he wrote that the specimen was a male, he was mistaken, possibly confused by the narrow clava. The antenna of the lectotype is consistent with the illustration in Kieffer (1926).

Figures

Fig. 1. Leptacis foersteri Kieffer, lectotype female, NHMW-HYM#0006906. A. Anterior habitus. B. Lateral habitus. C. Dorsal habitus.