Lamprotatus niger Delucchi (Pteromalidae), 1953

Baur, Hannes, 2001, The Hymenoptera (Chalcidoidea, Ichneumonoidea, Platygastroidea) described by Vittorio Delucchi: an annotated catalogue, Journal of Natural History 35 (1), pp. 55-125 : 89-90

Lamprotatus niger Delucchi (Pteromalidae)

Lamprotatus niger Delucchi, 1953a: 205 . Holotype m, Austria: NiederoÈsterreich, Wienerwald, Puchberg (NMW [examined]).

Material. HOLOTYPE m (cp, left ¯agellum beyond second segment, right antenna, and right mesotarsus partly lacking) labelled`13.8.15 Puchberg; TYPE [red]; TELEPSOGOS [sic] niger n. V. Delucchi det.’. One slide (sc) labelled`5; TELEPSOGOS [sic, black underlined] niger [red underlined] antenna m; L. niger n. sp. DIS [pasted over by former label]’ with right antenna ( Delucchi, 1955a: 37, ®gure 41) of holotype.

Remarks. Delucchi described the female and stated` Type im Nat. Museum in Wien.’ but did not specify the number of specimens he had.

Examination of the relevant name-bearing types and 22 females, 18 males from the Italian and Swiss Alps ( MZL, NMBE) showed that niger is very close to Seladerma genale (Thomson) . The female is separated from the latter mainly by the longer marginal vein which is 1.27±1.42 times as long as the stigmal vein (1.15 in the holotype of genale ). Moreover, the hypostomal carinae are farther apart and more curving outwards than in Graham’s ®gure of the head of genale (1969: 184, ®gure 148, from holotype?). Unfortunately, the holotype of genale now also lacks the head (see also Graham, 1969: 197), thus this characters could not be veri®ed. No additional material of genale from Northern Europe was available. The status of niger should be reconsidered in a more comprehensive study.

Status. Seladerma nigrum (Delucchi) ( Fitton et al., 1978: 76) .