Basalys iphicla Nixon, 1980: 30

Notton, David G., 2014, A catalogue of the types of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) at the Natural History Museum, London, European Journal of Taxonomy 75, pp. 1-123 : 99

Basalys iphicla Nixon, 1980: 30 .

Valid name

Basalys macroptera (Kieffer, 1911) syn. nov.

Summary of types

Holotype ♂, BMNH number 9.824, by original designation . Paratype ♂.

Primary type data

Inverness:/ Loch Morlich/ 24.vi.1934 / R.B. & J.E.Benson; Pres. by the/ Trustees of the/ Godman Fund./ B.M.1934-429; Basalys / iphicla/ Nixon/ type ♀, 197.

Type locality

Scotland, Inverness, Loch Morlich.

Remarks

The holotype is mounted on a card point and has a12-14 and both hind tarsi missing. This species is evidently the same as Basalys macroptera , with which it shares a number of characters, most notably its relatively large size, hairs on anterior margin of large tergite, straight carina just below apex of antennal shelf, dark colour and northern distribution.