Allantus inguinalis Konow, 1908

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 : 122

Allantus inguinalis Konow, 1908

A valid species, Tenthredo inguinalis ( Konow, 1908) .

Types. Allantus inguinalis Konow, 1908: 20–21 . Syntypes ♀, “ Sikkim ”. Lectotype ♀, hereby designated (MNCN_Ent 100194, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 8134, Fig. 25 , see also http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.759669). Type locality: India, Sikkim. Paralectotype: ♀, “ Sikkim ” (SDEI, see http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/ m9.figshare.795276).

Discussion. Saini (2007: 116) implied that the paralectotype specimen from the SDEI is the holotype. The species is very similar to T. opposita (F. Smith, 1878) (= Fethalia nigra Cameron, 1902 ), the type species of Fethalia . Malaise (1945) considered Fethalia to be a subgenus of Tenthredo , but the tridentate clypeus (the only reason for subgeneric separation) seems to be a very weak character. In inguinalis , the clypeus is usually not tridentate. Currently, the species is not placed in a subgenus.

Figures

FIGURE 25. Allantus inguinalis, lectotype ♀. a. dorsal, scale 2 mm; b. lateral; c. head and thorax dorsal; d. head and thorax lateral; e. face; f. labels.