Megalodontes capitalatus Konow, 1904

Taeger, Andreas, París, Mercedes & Nieves-Aldrey, Jose Luis, 2014, The type specimens of sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Zootaxa 3790 (1), pp. 103-138 : 111

Megalodontes capitalatus Konow, 1904

A valid species, Megalodontes capitalatus Konow, 1904 .

Types. Megalodontes capitalatus Konow, 1904: 227–228 . Syntypes ♂ ♀, “Hispania (Aranjuez)”. Lectotype ♂, hereby designated (SDEI, Fig. 11 , see also http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.817915). Type locality: Spain: Madrid: Aranjuez (40.028°N, 3.604°W, “Aranjuéz”). Paralectotype ♀ (MNCN_Ent 81533, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 2260, http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.850195, same data as the lectotype).

Discussion. The male syntype from the SDEI collection is selected as lectotype, as it was examined by previous workers and used to interpret the species.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Megalodontes capitalatus, lectotype ♀. a. dorsal, scale 5 mm; b. lateral; c. head and thorax lateral; d. head and thorax dorsal; e. antenna; f. face; g. labels.