Spilomicrus annulicornis Kieffer, 1911a: 788

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 : 56

Spilomicrus annulicornis Kieffer, 1911a: 788 .

Valid name

Spilomicrus annulicornis Kieffer, 1911 .

Summary of types

Syntype ♀, BMNH number 9.642. Syntype ♀.

Primary type data

27-69/ Mickleham; Type; 249.; Cameron Coll./ 1910-55.; annulicornis K. (syntype ♀). 275.; Spilomicrus / annulicornis, K.; Cameron Coll./ 1910-302.; Determined by/ Dr. Kieffer (syntype ♀).

Type locality

Scotland and England, Mickleham.

Remarks

This species was described from an unspecified number of females. Kieffer gave the type locality as Scotland; however, one of the syntypes is labelled almost illegibly “Mickleham” and the other has no locality label. Since the specimens agree with the description, there seems no reason to exclude either syntype from the type series because Kieffer is known to have misinterpreted many of the localities on Cameron’s specimens. Both syntypes are mounted on cards, the one from Mickleham has lost the tip of its right hind tarsus, the other has lost the tip of its left hind tarsus.