Paramesius maculipennis Cameron, 1888: 438

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 : 30-31

Paramesius maculipennis Cameron, 1888: 438 , pl. 18, figs 11-12.

Valid name

Spilomicrus maculipennis ( Cameron, 1888) .

Summary of types

Syntype ♀, BMNH number 9.640b.

Primary type data

Fasciati/ maculi-/ pennis; Bugaba/ Panama / Champion; P.Cameron Coll./ 1914-110 (syntype ♀).

Type locality

Panama, Bugaba.

Remarks

This species was described from at least one specimen of each sex. One female was found which agreed exactly with the description and had been labelled by Cameron as “maculipennis”. The male and female, mounted together, from Vera Paz formerly regarded as types ( Masner 1965) are not considered syntypic because they are not from the type locality. A fourth specimen labelled “maculipennis” did not agree with the description and is considered here to be a syntype of P. fasciatipennis q. v. which Cameron later incorrectly reidentified. The syntype is mounted on a card and is entire.