Mantara bifurcata Dodd, 1920: 380

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 : 38

Mantara bifurcata Dodd, 1920: 380 .

Valid name

Aneuropria bifurcata ( Dodd, 1920) comb. nov.

Summary of types

Holotype ♀, BMNH number 9.677, by original designation . Paratypes ♀, ♂.

Primary type data

1081.; Type; Madeira./ Wollaston./ 55.7; Mantara / bifurcata/ Dodd ♀; Holotype ♀ / Mantara / bifurcata Dodd / L.Huggert-81.

Type locality

Madeira.

Remarks

This species was described from two females and a male, referred to in the original description as a “type” and “cotypes”. Three specimens matching the description were found, one of the females has Dodd’s identification label, and this is considered to be the holotype by original designation. The holotype is mounted on a card, with the left antenna mounted separately. Mantara bifurcata is actually a species of Aneuropria Kieffer, 1905 . Since Mantara bifurcata is the type species of Mantara , this means Mantara Dodd, 1920 is a junior synonym of Aneuropria Kieffer, 1905 syn. nov. Aneuropria bifurcata comb. nov. is clearly a different species (in head shape, antennal proportions and the lack of notauli) from the widespread European A. foersteri Kieffer, 1910 , which is also found in Madeira.