Anomalon flavifrons Smith, 1874

Shimizu, So & Broad, Gavin R., 2020, Photographic catalogue of the oldest primary types of Japanese Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera), those described by Frederick Smith and Francis Walker in 1874, Journal of Natural History 54 (17), pp. 1115-1198 : 1119-1120

Anomalon flavifrons Smith, 1874

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Taxonomic history. Anomalon flavifrons Smith, 1874 is a secondary homonym of Anomalon flavifrons ( Gravenhorst, 1807) , so Dalla Torre (1902) proposed a new name for

the former, Anomalon flavifrontatum Dalla Torre, 1901 . Morley (1913a) transferred this species to Agrypon .

Current taxonomy. Secondary homonym, valid name: Agrypon flavifrontatum (Dalla Torre, 1901) ( Ichneumonidae : Anomaloninae : Gravenhorstiini ).

Type number. Type 3b.1173. Specimen # NHMUK010634922

Type status. Holotype.

Sex. Female.

Type locality. Hyôgo Prefecture, Honshû, Japan.

Label data. First label, ‘ Type /CM’ (round label, with red margin; first line printed and second line handwriting); second label, ‘B.M. TYPE /HYM./3B.1173’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third line handwriting); third label, ‘66/15’ (round label; handwriting); fourth label, ‘ Anomalon /flavifrons./ Type) Smith.’ (square label; handwriting); fifth label, ‘ Agrypon ./Named by/Claude Morley’ (square label; first line handwriting and second and third lines printed).

Condition. Bad: flagellomeres of right antenna, trochantellus to tarsomeres of right fore leg, and the metasoma, are lost.

Figures

Figure 2. Holotype of Anomalon flavifrons Smith, 1874 (= Agrypon flavifrontatum (Dalla Torre, 1901)): label; first line handwriting (a) labels (b) lateral habitus (c) head, frontal view (D) head, dorsal view (e) head, lateral view (f) mesoscutum, dorsal view (g) scutellum and propodeum, dorsal view (h) mesosoma, lateral view (i) fore wing (j) hind wing.