Sycophila paranensis (Brèthes), Brethes

Gates, Michael W., 2014, Nomenclatural Notes on the Eurytomids (Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) Described by Jean Brèthes Housed in Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “ Bernardino Rivadavia ”, Zootaxa 3790 (1), pp. 185-193 : 190

Sycophila paranensis (Brèthes) incertae sedis

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0270642B-8210-4DF5-8AAE-484623039E40

Eudecatoma paranensis Brèthes 1922: 126 . Holotype, female, by monotypy.

Eudecatoma paranensis ; valid species, De Santis 1967: 206.

Sycophila paranensis ; Eudecatoma synonymized under Sycophila by Boucek (1974). Combination by Noyes (2014).

Type material. The holotype is labeled as follows: “Paraná, X.1920, J. R. Baez/ Eudecatoma paranensis Brèthes / parasite de Neurolasioptera baezi Brèthes/ Type /[red square blank label].”

Nomenclature and notes. This specimen clearly does not belong to Sycophila as the wings lack any infuscation near the marginal vein or typical thickening thereof ( Fig. 12 ). The head is missing and the ventral half of the body is embedded in glue so it is impossible to tell to which genus it belongs, although it has affinities with Aximopsis Ashmead and Philolema Cameron because the procoxal carinae form a shelf (this can be seen on the right side through the adhesive.

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 12. 7, Tetramesa albiangulatus, holotype habitus; 8, Phylloxeroxenus caridei, lectotype habitus; 9, Sycophila cecidosiphaga, lectotype and paralectotype card mount; 10, Sycophila cecidosiphaga, lectotype dorsal habitus; 11, Rileya haumani, dorsal habitus; 12, Sycophila paranensis, holotype dorsal habitus.