Conostigmus gestroi Kieffer, 1907

Trietsch, Carolyn, Mikó, István & Deans, Andrew R., 2019, A photographic catalog of Ceraphronoidea types at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN), with comments on unpublished notes from Paul Dessart, European Journal of Taxonomy 502, pp. 1-60 : 50-51

Conostigmus gestroi Kieffer, 1907

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Conostigmus Gestroi Kieffer, 1907b: 159 , ♀.

Conostigmus kaszabi Szabo, 1979: 89 , ♀. HNHM. Synonymized with reservations by Dessart (1983).

Conostigmus gestroi – Kieffer 1914c: 176, 208. Description, keyed. –– Dessart 1983: 115. Synonymy.

Conostigmus kaszabi – Dessart 1983: 115, 116. Junior synonym of Conostigmus gestroi Kieffer, 1907 .

Material examined

FRANCE • 1 ♀; “PATRIE. France: Maisons-Lafitte (De Gaulle), variété à tête chagrinée et parsemée de points très distincts, flagellum mince, filiforme, hanches brun noir ( Kieffer 1907b: 159); MNHN EY25345 .

Distribution

Palearctic.

Comments

When Kieffer (1907b: 159) described the species Conostigmus gestroi from a female, he noted the existence of a “variété à tête chagrinée et parsemée de points très distincts, flagellum mince, filiforme, hanches brun noir, ” collected from France at “Maisons- Laffite (De Gaulle)”. Although the location of the holotype of the species is unknown, Dessart found a female specimen in the MNHN that was consistent with the variety Kieffer described. Dessart viewed and left a label on the specimen in 1973 considering it a “ var. illeg .”. Though Dessart hesitantly synonymized Conostigmus kaszabi with C. gestroi (1983), this publication does not comment on the MNHN specimen or mention C. gestroi as a “ var. illeg .”

The female specimen is card mounted ( MNHN EY25345) and in good condition, with no pieces missing.

Figures

Fig. 28. Constigmus gestroi Kieffer, 1907, female variety (MNHN EY25345). A. The labels with the specimen, including Dessart’s label considering it a “var. illeg.”. B. Dorsal habitus. C. A closer dorsal view.