Eupelmus floridanus Howard, 1880

Gibson, Gary A. P., 2011, 2951, Zootaxa 2951, pp. 1-97 : 81

Eupelmus floridanus Howard nomen dubium

Eupelmus floridanus Howard, 1880: 209 . Holotype, male (USNM, lost). Type data: USA, Florida , Jacksonville; reared from unidentified tineid larva on orange.

Remarks. The description of E. floridanus states that the antenna was dark brown, the head and mesosoma metallic green, the coxae yellow, the legs mostly yellow except the metafemur was broadly dark medially, the mesotibia was dark brown except at either end, and the metatibia was dark except apically. The body was also stated as rather slender (thorax and abdomen long and narrow), the antenna thick, cylindrical and somewhat shorter than the thorax, and the top of the head rather coarsely punctured. Males of E. ( Macroneura ) tend to have a more elongateslender mesosoma than those of E. ( Eupelmus ) and males of E. (Macroneura) meteori (Gahan) often have the coxae yellowish, but they also have the scape and the legs almost entirely light-colored, the head is finely sculptured, and although the flagellum is cylindrical it is comparatively slender. I know of no species of Eupelmus whose males match the description of E. floridanus . The thorax of E. floridanus was compared to that of males of Anastatus reduvii (Howard) and the thick, cylindrical flagellum and coarsely punctured top of the head might indicate the male actually belonged to Anastatus . However, I know of no male Anastatus with yellow coxae and males typically have quite a robust rather than slender thorax. The rearing record from a larva would also be aberrant if an Anastatus .