Pimpla destructor Smith, 1874

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Pimpla destructor Smith, 1874; primary homonym of Pimpla destructor, 1863; junior synonym of Apechthis capulifera (Kriechbaumer, 1887) .

Pimpla japonica Dalla Torre, 1901 in Dalla Torre (1902); replacement name for Pimpla destructor Smith, 1874 .

Apechthis japonica Morley, 1914b; replacement name for Pimpla destructor Smith, 1874; secondary homonym of Apechthis japonica (Dalla Torre, 1901) .

Taxonomic history. The specific name ‘ destructor ’ is preoccupied by Pimpla destructor Smith, 1863, therefore, Dalla Torre (1902) proposed the replacement name Pimpla japonica Dalla Torre, 1901; moreover, Morley (1914b) also proposed the same replacement name for Pimpla destructor Smith, 1874 and transferred the species to Apechthis; Förster, 1869, but the replacement name (i.e. ‘ japonica’) is a secondary homonym of Apechthis japonica (Dalla Torre, 1901) .

Current taxonomy. Junior synonym of Apechthis capulifera (Kriechbaumer, 1887) ( Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae: Pimplini).

Type number. Type 3b.943. Specimen # NHMUK010881029

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

Sex. Female.

Type locality. Hyôgo Prefecture, Honshû, Japan.

Label data. First label, ‘ Type / CM.’ (round label, with red margin; first line printed and second line handwriting) ; second label, ‘B.M. TYPE /HYM./3.b. 943’ (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, ‘74/16’ (round label; handwriting); fifth label, ‘ Pimpla /destructor/ Type. Smith. ’ (square label; handwriting) ; sixth label, ‘ Named by/ Claude Morley /nec destructor/of 1863 = / Japonica DT cat . [ Dalla Torre catalogue]’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third to fifth lines handwriting) .

Condition. Very good.

Remarks. A paralectotype female is also present in NHMUK, labelled ‘var. investigator’ by Smith. The male mentioned in the original description is not present.