Ambositra famosa Masner, 1961

Notton, David G., 2007, A catalogue of types of the smaller taxa of Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with notes on the history of the insect collection of L. A. G. Bosc d’Antic, Zoosystema 29 (3), pp. 457-470 : 460

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5467749
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scientific name	Ambositra famosa Masner, 1961
status

Treatment

Ambositra famosa Masner, 1961: 294 , figs 3-11.

CURRENT STATUS. — Ambositra famosa Masner, 1961 .

HOLOTYPE (by original designation). — Madagascar, Ambositra , ♀ ( MNHN).

PARATYPES. — Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Belgian Congo), 4 ♀♀ ; 1 ♂ ( MRAC / NMPC / ISNB) .

Madagascar, Ambositra , 1 ♀ ( MNHN). — Mandraka , 1 ♂ (“ allotype ”) ( MNHN) ; 4 ♀♀ ( MNHN). — Montagne d’Ambre, 1 “ ♂ ” (= ♀) ( BMNH). — Madagascar, 6 ♀♀ ; 2♂♂ ( MRAC / NMPC / ISNB) .

South Africa, Pondoland , Port Saint Johns, 2 ♀♀ ; 1 ♂ ( BMNH) .

LABELS. — Coll. Mus. Congo / Madagascar: Ambositra / II-1944 / A. Seyrig ; Ambositra ♀ / famosa n. g. n. s./ det. L. Masner, 1958; holotype [holotype ♀].

REMARKS

The holotype is card pointed on its venter, and is entire. Masner (1965) catalogued the paratypes at the BMNH.