Pediobius minimus 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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/002229301447899
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10541003
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scientific name	Pediobius minimus Delucchi (Eulophidae)
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Pediobius minimus Delucchi (Eulophidae) View in CoL

Pediobius minimus Delucchi, 1956c: 177 View in CoL . Holotype m, Congo: Province Kisangani , Yangambi (MRAC [examined]).

Material. HOLOTYPE m (cr) labelled` HOLOTYPUS [orange±red, not original]; Congo Belge Yangambi, 15.VII.1952 Dr Schedl; K. SCHEDL s. [black] S. 113. [red]; COLL.-MUS. CONGO Don R. MayneÂ; TYPE [red]; PEDIOBIUS minimus n. V. Delucchi det. ’.

PARATYPES, MRAC: 1 m, 1 l(cr), and one empty pin with data as speci®ed by Delucchi, considered as part of the type series. One slide (sc) with antennae and fore wings (1956c: 174, ®gures 29±31) of a paratype female . BMNH: 1 m [not examined] .

Remarks. Delucchi described both sexes and stated`Typus (Weibchen) im MuseÂe Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren.’ but did not specify the number of specimens he had. According to Kerrich (1975: 234) a female paratype was subsequently transferred to the BMNH.

Kerrich (1975) investigated the type series of minimus and redescribed and keyed out the species.

Status. Pediobius minimus Delucchi.