Cryptus punctator Smith, 1874

Shimizu, So & Broad, Gavin R., 2020, Photographic catalogue of the oldest primary types of Japanese Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera), those described by Frederick Smith and Francis Walker in 1874, Journal of Natural History 54 (17), pp. 1115-1198 : 1128-1130

Cryptus punctator Smith, 1874

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Taxonomic history. Uchida (1940a) synonymised Ichneumon diversipes Walker, 1874 under Cryptus punctator and transferred C. punctator to Listrognathus Tschek, 1871 .

Current taxonomy. Listrognathus (Listrognathus) punctator ( Smith, 1874) ( Ichneumonidae : Cryptinae : Cryptini ).

Type number. Type 3b.452. Specimen # NHMUK010636255

Type status. Holotype.

Sex. Female.

Type locality. Hyôgo Prefecture, Honshû, Japan.

Label data. First label, ‘ Type /C.M.’ (round label, with red margin; first line printed and second line handwriting); second label, ‘B.M. TYPE /HYM./3.b.452’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third line handwriting); third label, ‘Hiogo/ Japan.’ (square label; first line handwriting and second line printed); fourth label, ‘ Cryptus /punctator/ Type. Smith.’ (square label; handwriting); fifth label, ‘ NHMUK010636255 ’ (square label, with a QR barcode) .

Condition. Good, but the base of the left fore wing is detached and joined to the hind wing only by hamuli, and the following parts have been lost: left antenna after fourth flagellomere, tibia and tarsus of left mid leg, right hind tarsus except first tarsomere, third to fifth tarsomeres of left hind leg.

Figures

Figure 9. Holotype of Cryptus punctator Smith, 1874 (= Listrognathus (Listrognathus) punctator (Smith, 1874)): (a) labels (b) lateral habitus (c) head, frontal view (d) head, dorsal view (e) head, lateral view (f) mesoscutum, dorsal view (g) scutellum and propodeum, dorsal view (h) mesosoma, lateral view (i) wings (j) metasoma, dorsal view.