Tropidopria nigriceps Ashmead in Riley, Ashmead & Howard, 1894: 249

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 : 12

Tropidopria nigriceps Ashmead in Riley, Ashmead & Howard, 1894: 249 , 250.

Valid name

Trichopria nigriceps (Ashmead in Riley, Ashmead & Howard, 1894) comb. nov.

Summary of types

Syntypes 3 ♂♂.

Primary type data

1500 feet; St. Vincent / W.I./ H.H. Smith; Tropidopria / nigriceps/ ♂ Ashm.; W.Indies/ 99-331 (syntype ♂). 1000 feet; St Vincent/ W.I./ H.H. Smith; W.Indies/ 99-331 (syntype ♂). St Vincent/ W.I./ H.H. Smith/ 158; W.Indies/ 99-331 (syntype ♂).

Type locality

West Indies, St Vincent.

Remarks

This species was described from a female and four males. The three male syntypes agree well with the description except that the scutellum is weakly to obscurely carinate; however, there is the superficial appearance of a strong carina because the cuticle is transparent so that a dark gap between the internal scutellar muscle blocks is visible in the place where a carina might be, so probably Ashmead misinterpreted this character and this should not exclude these males from the type series. One additional female standing over this name is not considered syntypic as it disagrees with the description in several points, most notably the antennal club which is sub-four-segmented and has the apical four segments darkened. The syntype labelled “ 1500 feet ” is glued on a micropin and the left and right fore legs and left mid leg are missing. The syntype labelled “ 1000 feet ” is glued on a micropin and both antennae are missing beyond a4. The syntype numbered “158” is mounted on a card point, with the right antenna missing beyond a3 and the right hind leg missing. The new combination Trichopria nigriceps (Ashmead in Riley, Ashmead & Howard, 1894) is a senior secondary homonym of Trichopria nigriceps (Kieffer, 1913) , so Kieffer’s species is given the new replacement name Trichopria thermarum nom. nov. Thermarum is the genitive plural of therma, Latin for a thermal bath, or hot spring, and refers to the type locality of Los Baños.