Centistes scymni FerrieÁre

Baur, Hannes, 2001, The Hymenoptera (Chalcidoidea, Ichneumonoidea, Platygastroidea) described by Vittorio Delucchi: an annotated catalogue, Journal of Natural History 35 (1), pp. 55-125 : 68-69

Centistes scymni FerrieÁre in Delucchi ( Braconidae )

Centistes scymni FerrieÁre in Delucchi, 1954c: 267. Holotype m, Switzerland: ZuÈrich, SeegraÈben (BMNH [examined]).

Material. HOLOTYPE m (cp, right antenna, right meso- and metatarsus partly lacking) labelled`TYPE [red]; SWITZERLAND Feldmeilen Em. 10.vi.1950 L. P. Mesnil; Ex adult of Scymnus impexus Muls. from SeegraÈben.; Centistes scymni m Ch. FerrieÁre Type. ’, BMNH Type Hym. 3c-1644.

PARATYPES, VD: 1 m (cp) .

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. Four females (mp) with data as speci®ed by FerrieÁre stood together with the paratype in the same row. It is doubtful whether these actually belong to the type series, since paratypes otherwise were labelled as such (? by FerrieÁre). In addition 45 slides (sc, scx) labelled` Centistes ...’ in Delucchi’s handwriting with various parts

of dissected larvae or adults ( VD).

Status. Centistes scymni FerrieÁre in Delucchi.