Idiotypa pallida Ashmead in Riley, Ashmead & Howard, 1894: 243

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 : 7-8

Idiotypa pallida Ashmead in Riley, Ashmead & Howard, 1894: 243 .

Valid name

Idiotypa pallida Ashmead, 1893 syn. nov.

Summary of types

Lectotype ♀, BMNH number 9.1004, here designated . Paralectotype ♂.

Primary type data

St. Vincent / W.I./ H.H. Smith/ 158; Idiotypa / pallida / ♀ Ashm.; W.Indies/ 99-331.

Type locality

West Indies, St Vincent.

Remarks

Although already described under the same name in 1893, Ashmead redescribed this species as new in 1894, from two females and one male, of which a pair was found. It is reasonable to assume that the syntype series is the same for both I. pallida Ashmead, 1893 and I. pallida Ashmead in Riley, Ashmead & Howard, 1894 , and the same specimen is designated lectotype for both names to ensure objective synonymy. The lectotype is mounted on a card point, and is missing part of the right hind leg, and has the wings stuck together.