Ichneumon cognatorius 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 : 1131-1132

Ichneumon cognatorius Smith, 1874

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Taxonomic history. Morley (1915) transferred Ichneumon cognatorius to Hadrojoppa Cameron, 1902a ; then, Uchida (1930a) synonymised Hadrojoppa with Protichneumon Thomson, 1893 ; finally, Uchida (1935) transferred cognatoria to Amblyjoppa Cameron, 1902b .

Current taxonomy. Amblyjoppa cognatoria ( Smith, 1874) ( Ichneumonidae : Ichneumoninae : Heresiarchini ).

Type number. Type 3b.36. Specimen # NHMUK010634915

Type status. Lectotype, designated by Townes et al. (1965).

Sex. Male.

Type locality. Hyôgo Prefecture, Honshû, Japan.

Label data. First label, ‘Type’ (round label, with red margin; printed); second label, ‘B.M. TYPE /HYM./3b.36’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third line handwriting); third label, ‘74/16’ (round label; handwriting); fourth label, ‘B.M. TYPE /HYM./ Ichneumon / cognatorius/ Smith 1874 ’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third to fifth lines handwriting); fifth label, ‘ I. cognatorius /Type ♂ Sm.’ (square label; handwriting); sixth label, ‘ LECTOTYPE / Ichneumon cognatorius Sm. ♂ /des. Townes et al. 1965: 534 /( Amblyjoppa ) (Labelled by/C. O’Toole 5.ix. 1988)/ PARALECTOTYPE IN OUM’ (square label; printed).

Condition. Good, but right antenna missing after 31st flagellomere, left antenna and right hind tarsus lost.

Remarks. The only specimen from the type series in NHMUK is a female labelled ‘var 2 ♂ ’.

Figures

Figure 10. Lectotype male of Ichneumon cognatorius Smith, 1874 (= Amblyjoppa cognatoria (Smith, 1874)): (a) labels (b) lateral habitus (c) metasoma, dorsal view (d) head, frontal view (e) head, dorsal view (f) head, lateral view (g) mesoscutum, dorsal view (h) scutellum and propodeum, dorsal view (i) mesosoma, lateral view (j) fore wing (k) hind wing.