Serphus (Phaenoserphus) ruficeps Kieffer, 1908

Notton, David G., 2007, A catalogue of types of the smaller taxa of Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with notes on the history of the insect collection of L. A. G. Bosc d’Antic, Zoosystema 29 (3), pp. 457-470 : 466

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5391305
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5467773
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/42739559-8923-FFB0-A7C9-FDAAFC89FA8A
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Serphus (Phaenoserphus) ruficeps Kieffer, 1908
status

Treatment

Serphus (Phaenoserphus) ruficeps Kieffer, 1908: 301 .

CURRENT STATUS. — Exallonyx ruficeps ( Kieffer, 1908) .

LECTOTYPE (designated by Townes & Townes 1981). — Syria, Damascus, ♀ (? MCSN).

PARALECTOTYPE. — Syria, Damascus, ♂ (?MCSN).

REMARKS

There is some confusion over the location of the type of this species. Johnson (1992) noted the MNHN was the type repository of this species, presumably basing this information on Townes & Townes (1981). Townes & Townes (1981) noted the lectotype was both in the MNHN and in MCSN. Since it cannot be in two places at once and it was not found in the MNHN, it is most probably at the MCSN. The current generic placement follows that established by Townes & Townes (1981).