Megalodontes mundus 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 : 125

Megalodontes mundus Konow, 1904

A valid species, Megalodontes mundus Konow, 1904 .

Types. Megalodontes mundus Konow, 1904: 228–229 . Syntypes ♀, “Hispania (Los Moulinos)”. Lectotype ♀, hereby designated (MNCN_Ent 100206, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 9979, Fig. 29 , see also http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/ m9.figshare.763230). Type locality: Spain: Madrid: Los Molinos. Paralectotypes: 2 ♀ (MNCN_Ent 81526 and 81527, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 9979), 1 ♀ SDEI (http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.821284), all data same as for lectotype.

Discussion. The taxon belongs to the Megalodontes cephalotes complex, and might be only a very pale form of cephalotes . Hitherto only known from the types, all collected on 7.7. 1902 in Los Molinos near Madrid. This would be the westernmost locality known for cephalotes (except for a specimen from Beges, Cantabria). Very similar pale forms of cephalotes (forma f according to Taeger 2002) are known from the Spanish Pyrenees, but these are less sculptured than mundus . Megalodontes species usually show clear differences in their COI barcodes. Perhaps fresh specimens might help to clarify the status of the taxon.

Figures

FIGURE 29. Megalodontes mundus, lectotype ♀. a. dorsal, scale 2 mm; b. lateral; c. face; d. head lateral; e. head and thorax dorsal; f. labels.