Basalys collaris Kieffer, 1911a: 903

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 : 63

Basalys collaris Kieffer, 1911a: 903 .

Valid name

Basalys collaris Kieffer, 1911 .

Summary of types

Syntype ♀, BMNH number 9.748.

Primary type data

York; Type; 225.; Cameron Coll./ 1910-55.; collaris K.

Type locality

Probably England, York.

Remarks

This species was described from an unspecified number of females. One syntype was found which agrees well with the description; however, the collar is not red edged whitish as stated by Kieffer “collier de feutrage roux bordé de blanchâtre”, but the nucha and pronotal cuticle underneath it is reddish and the hairs of the collar are whitish, the overall effect resembling Kieffer’s description. Although Scotland is the published type locality, Cameron (1910) noted a specimen from York and so this specimen is not excluded from the type series. The syntype is mounted on a card and is entire.