Diapria smithii Ashmead, 1896: 804

Notton, David G., 2014, A catalogue of the types of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) at the Natural History Museum, London, European Journal of Taxonomy 75, pp. 1-123 : 17

Diapria smithii Ashmead, 1896: 804 , 805.

Valid name

Trichopria smithii ( Ashmead, 1896) .

Summary of types

Lectotype ♀, BMNH number 9.710, here designated . Paralectotype ♂.

Primary type data

Grenada, W.I./ H.H. Smith/ 51; Type / H.T.; Diapria / smithii/ ♀ Type Ashm.

Type locality

West Indies, Grenada.

Remarks

This species was described from a female and a male specimen, both of which were found. The female is a Trichopria and the male is an Acanthopria . The female is designated as lectotype to maintain the current combination (Kieffer 1916; Masner 1965). The original description included the multiple original spellings smithii and smithi; smithii is to be considered the correct original spelling following the first reviser action of Dalla Torre (1898). Consequently the spelling smithi is unavailable.