Pnigalio mediterraneus FerrieÁre and Delucchi (Eulophidae)

Baur, Hannes, 2001, The Hymenoptera (Chalcidoidea, Ichneumonoidea, Platygastroidea) described by Vittorio Delucchi: an annotated catalogue, Journal of Natural History 35 (1), pp. 55-125 : 101-102

Pnigalio mediterraneus FerrieÁre and Delucchi (Eulophidae)

Pnigalio mediterraneu s FerrieÁre and Delucchi, 1957: 120, 123. Lectotype m, Greece:

Crete, here designated (MHNG [examined]).

Material. LECTOTYPE m (cp, uppermost of three specimens) labelled`CreÁte 1953 IsaakideÁs.; TYPUS [red]; Pnigalio m mediterraneus F. & D. Ch. FerrieÁre det.’.

PARALECTOTYPES, MHNG: 67 mm, 32 ll(cp, 40 pins) in FerrieÁre’s collection with data as speci®ed by FerrieÁre and Delucchi ( Greece: Athens , Corfu , or Crete; Libya: Tripolis ; Spain: Tarragona ), considered as part of the type series .

Remarks. FerrieÁre and Delucchi (1957: 120) mentioned material from Italy, Spain, Greece, and Libya in the introduction but did not specify a type or the number of specimens they had in case of mediterraneus . A further one female and one male reared from Myopites sp. ( Diptera : Tephritidae ) on Inula cretica [5 Hedypnois rhagadioloides (Linnaeus) ] ( Asteraceae ) in Crete are not considered as part of the type series, since the host was cited as Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin) [sub Dacus ] ( Diptera : Tephritidae ).

Status. Junior synonym of Pnigalio agraules (Walker) ( Askew, 1984: 107) .

Scymnophagu s mesnili FerrieÁre in Delucchi ( Pteromalidae ) Scymnophagus mesnili FerrieÁre in Delucchi, 1954c: 264. Holotype m, Switzerland: ZuÈrich, SeegraÈben (BMNH [examined]).

Material. HOLOTYPE m (cp, right fore wing glued beside body) labelled`TYPE [red]; SWITZERLAND Feldmeilen Em. 10.vi.1950 L. P. Mesnil; Ex pupa of Scymnus impexus Muls. from SeegraÈben.; Scymnophagus mesnili m Ch. FerrieÁre Type. ’, BMNH Type Hym. 5.696.

PARATYPES, VD: 1 m (mp) .

Remarks. FerrieÁre described the female and stated`Type deposited at the British Museum (Natural History), London’ but did not specify the number of specimens he had. Two females (mp) with data as speci®ed in the original paper stood together with the paratype. Twenty-eight slides (sc) with various parts of dissected specimens just provided with the name`Scymnophagus’ in Delucchi’s handwriting, followed by some notes on the parts mounted. One of them is numbered`71 ’ and probably bears the fore wing which has been illustrated (1954c: 266, ®gure 6). A further slide (sc) with female genitalia is fully labelled` Scymnophagus mesnili’. It is di cult to say to which extent that material was included in the type series.

Status. Junior synonym of Metastenus concinnus Walker (BoucÏek, 1990: 203) .