Monocrita Förster, 1856

Awad, Jessica, Krogmann, Lars & Talamas, Elijah, 2023, Taxonomic history and review of the Förster genera of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea), European Journal of Taxonomy 875 (1), pp. 1-46 : 22

Genus Monocrita Förster, 1856

(junior synonym of Isostasius Förster, 1856 )

Figs 13–14

Monocrita Förster, 1856: 106 , 109. Type species Inostemma atinas Walker, 1835 by monotypy. Junior synonym of Isostasius Förster, 1856 – Masner 1965: 131.

Remarks

Förster differentiated Monocrita from Metaclisis based on the antennal segments. What he interpreted as a one-segmented clava in Monocrita is in fact an elongate A10 ( Masner & Huggert 1989). The type species of Monocrita , Inostemma atinas Walker, 1835 , was transferred to Isostasius by Masner (1965). Thus, Monocrita is a junior synonym of Isostasius . However, not all species described in Monocrita belong to Isostasius . Monocrita monheimii Förster, 1861 was transferred to Metaclisis ( Vlug 1973) . The type specimen and taxonomic position of Monocrita affinis Förster, 1861 are unknown ( Vlug 1995).

Figures

Fig. 13. Isostasius atinas (Walker, 1835), lectotype, ♀ (B.M. TYPE HYM. 9.557). A. Lateral habitus. B. Dorsal habitus.

Fig. 14. Metaclisis monheimii (Förster, 1861), lectotype (NHMW-HYM#0005321). A. Lateral habitus. B. Anterior head. C. Dorsal habitus. D. Antenna.