Paranastatus egregius Masi, 1917

Scallion, Melanie L., Gibson, Gary A. P. & Sharanowski, Barbara J., 2016, Revision of Paranastatus Masi (Eupelmidae, Eupelminae) with descriptions of four new species, ZooKeys 559, pp. 59-79 : 63-64

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Eupelmidae

Paranastatus egregius Masi, 1917 Figs 14, 26, 27

Paranastatus egregius Masi, 1917: 165-166.

Material examined.

Lectotype female, here designated; dry pinned, deposited in BMNH (Hym Type 5.1,035a). Label data: "Mahe, ’08– 9 Seychelles Exp. Percy Sladen Trust Exped. B.M. 1913-170."

Paralectotype male, here designated; dry pinned, deposited in BMNH. Label data: "Mahe, ’08– 9 Seychelles Exp. Percy Sladen Trust Exped. B.M. 1913-170."

Diagnosis.

Females of Paranastatus egregius are differentiated by the following combination of features: vertex behind ocelli and temple pustulate (Fig. 14); antenna brown except flagellomeres 6-8 white (Fig. 26); mandible quadridentate; mesoscutum light brown, slightly coriaceous and only slightly concave posteromedially. Males of Paranastatus egregius are differentiated by the following combination of features: vertex weakly reticulate; mandible bidentate; mesoscutum convex; colouration similar to females.

Distribution.

Mahé Island, Seychelles.

Biology.

Unknown.

Remarks.

Masi (1917) established Paranastatus egregius based on one female and two males, but without designating a holotype. Of the three specimens, the BMNH only has the female and one of the males in its collection (Dale-Skey, pers. comm.). Here we designate the female as lectotype and the male as paralectotype, and have labelled the specimens accordingly. The location of the second male is presently unknown.