Loxotropa cursitans Kieffer, 1911b: 916

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 : 64

Loxotropa cursitans Kieffer, 1911b: 916 .

Valid name

Basalys pedisequa (Kieffer, 1911) syn. nov.

Summary of types

Syntype ♀, BMNH number 9.921.

Primary type data

Lade at/ Cadder/ 2-8; 209.; Cameron Coll./ 1910-55.

Type locality

Scotland.

Remarks

This species was described from an unspecified number of females. The specimen formerly regarded as the type of L. cursitans by Masner (1965) and Nixon (1980) is actually a syntype of L. cursitans var. alacris Kieffer q.v. A different specimen was found which is considered here to be a true syntype of the nominate L. cursitans . This type has much shorter wings (Kieffer says “remplacées par une écaille”), and a shorter head, and agrees better with Kieffer’s description. This syntype is mounted on a card and is entire. Reinterpretation of the true syntype of L. cursitans shows that it is the same as Nixon’s (1980) interpretation of Basalys pedisequa . Consequently it is removed from synonymy with B. parvus Thomson, 1858 .