Ameroseius gillardinae Elsen, 1973

Ameroseius gillardinae Elsen, 1973: 741.

Ameroseius gillardinae . - Narita et al. 2015: 396.

Type depository.

Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren Belgium.

Type locality and habitat.

Democratic Republic of Congo (as Zaire), Luluabourg, on digger wasp, Sphex fumicatus (as Sphex umbrosus metallicus) ( Hymenoptera).

Comparative material.

Democratic Republic of Congo: 4 ♀♀ (MRAC: 142496, holotype; MRAC: 142508, 170343, paratypes) - 7-18. 3. 1935, Luluabourg, Sphex umbrosus var. metallicus, leg. Gillardin.

Remarks.

Given that the characteristics of the type specimens of Ameroseius gillardinae are within the range of variability found in Ameroseius benoiti Elsen, 1973, I suspect A. gillardinae to be a synonym of A. benoiti .