Cryptus ambulator Smith, 1874

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Taxonomic history. Morley (1914a) transferred this species from Cryptus Fabricius, 1804 to Acroricnus Ratzeburg, 1852 .

Current taxonomy. Acroricnus ambulator (Smith, 1874) ( Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae: Cryptini).

Type number. Type 3b.417. Specimen # NHMUK010634929

Type status. Holotype.

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./3b.417’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third line handwriting); third label, ‘ Japan./Hiogo’ (square label; first line printed and second line handwriting); fourth label, ‘ Cryptus /ambulator/ Type Smith’ (square label; handwriting); fifth label, ‘ Acroricnus /ambulator/ Smith 1874 / Morley det. TYPE’ (square label; first to third label and ‘TYPE’ in fourth label handwriting, and ‘Morley det.’ In fourth label printed).

Condition. Very good, but left antenna missing flagellomeres after 17th, fifth tarsomere of right mid leg, fourth and fifth tarsomeres of hind legs lost.