Afrius williamsi, (Afrius), 2023
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5232.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E7B67882-2148-49C5-9F09-D5CAA95A21D1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10556104 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A948651B-FD3F-FFD0-D68E-F98BFD4A7091 |
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Plazi |
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Afrius williamsi |
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williamsi (Afrius) Miller 1951: 183–184. [ Figs 236–246 View FIGURES 233–240 View FIGURES 241–247 ]
Original data: “ MAURITIUS: 3 ♁ (including the type), 9 ♀, 1948-49 (J. R. Williams). The type is deposited in the British Museum (Natural History).”
HOLOTYPE ♁: red-margined holotype disc; red-margined type disc; “ MAURITIUS. Coll. J.R. Williams i.1949.”; “182”; “Pres by Com Inst Ent BM 1950—262”; “ Afrius williamsi sp.n det. N.C.E. Miller. 1950.”; “COM INST ENT. COLL. NO. 11607”; “ Predaceous on Schematiza cordiae, Barb”; “NHMUK 010592172”. Specimen carded; fifth right antennomere, and fourth and fifth left antennomeres missing. Genitalia structures kept in glycerin inside a glass vial pinned with the specimen ( Fig. 236 View FIGURES 233–240 ).
PARATYPE ♀: yellow-margined paratype disc; “ MAURITIUS Reduit. Xii.1948 Coll. J.R. Williams ”; “182”; “Pres by Com Inst Ent BM 1950—262”; “ Afrius williamsi sp.n det. N.C.E. Miller. 1950.”; “COM INST. ENT. COLL. NO. 11607”; “ Predaceous on Schematiza cordiae, Barb”; “NHMUK 010592173 Specimen well preserved ( Fig. 237 View FIGURES 233–240 ) .
PARATYPE ♀: yellow-margined paratype disc; “ MAURITIUS Reduit. Xii.1948 Coll. J.R. Williams ”; “182”; “Pres by Com Inst Ent BM 1950—262”; “ Afrius williamsi sp.n det. N.C.E. Miller. 1950.”; “COM INST. ENT. COLL. NO. 11607”; “ Predaceous on Schematiza cordiae, Barb”; “NHMUK 010747732”. Specimen well preserved ( Fig. 238 View FIGURES 233–240 ) .
PARATYPE ♀ yellow-margined paratype disc; “ MAURITIUS Reduit. i.1949 Coll. J.R. Williams ”; “182”; “Pres by Com Inst Ent BM 1950—262”; “ Afrius williamsi sp.n det. N.C.E. Miller. 1950.”; “COM INST. ENT. COLL. NO. 11607”; “ Predaceous on Schematiza cordiae, Barb”; “ ♀ ”; “NHMUK 010747733”. Fourth and fifth left antennomeres missing ( Fig. 239 View FIGURES 233–240 ) .
PARATYPE ♀: yellow-margined paratype disc; “ MAURITIUS Reduit. vi.1948 Coll. J.R. Williams ”; “182”; “Pres by Com Inst Ent BM 1950—262”; “ Afrius williamsi sp.n det. N.C.E. Miller. 1950.”; “COM. INST. ENT. COLL. NO. 11607”; “ Predaceous on Schematiza cordiae, Barb”; “NHMUK 010747734”. Specimen well preserved ( Fig. 240 View FIGURES 233–240 ) .
PARATYPE ♀: yellow-margined paratype disc; “ Dept. of Agric. MAURITIUS ”; “Pres by Com. Inst. Ent. B.M.1948-38”; “COM. INST. ENT. COLL. NO. 10958”; “182”; “NHMUK 010747735”. Specimen carded; fifth right antennomere, second to fifth left antennomeres, and right middle and posterior legs missing ( Fig. 241 View FIGURES 241–247 ) .
PARATYPE ♁: yellow-margined paratype disc; “ MAURITIUS Reduit. i.1949 Coll. J.R. Williams ”; “182”; “Pres by Com Inst Ent BM 1950—262”; “ Afrius williamsi sp.n det. N.C.E. Miller. 1950.”; “COM INST. ENT. COLL. NO. 11607”; “ Predaceous on Schematiza cordiae, Barb”; “NHMUK 010747736”. Second to fifth right antennomeres, fifth left antennomere, and right posterior leg missing; wings opened ( Fig. 242 View FIGURES 241–247 ) .
PARATYPE ♁: yellow-margined paratype disc; “ MAURITIUS Reduit A. Moutia 11.v.1948 ”; “Pres by Com. Inst. Ent. B.M.1948-38”; “COM. INST. ENT. COLL. NO. 10958”; “ Preying on Schematiza cordiae”; “182”; “NHMUK 010747737”. Specimen well preserved ( Fig. 243 View FIGURES 241–247 ) .
PARATYPE ♀: yellow-margined paratype disc; “ MAURITIUS Reduit. i.1949 Coll. J.R. Williams ”; “ Afrius williamsi sp.n. det. N.C.E. Miller. 1950.”; “Press by Com Inst Ent B M 1950—262”; “COM INST. ENT. COLL. NO. 11607”; “182”; “ Predaceous on Schematiza cordiae, Barb”; “NHMUK 010747738”. Specimen well preserved ( Fig. 244 View FIGURES 241–247 ) .
PARATYPE ♀: yellow-margined paratype disc; “ MAURITIUS Reduit. i.1949 Coll. J.R. Williams ”; “ Afrius williamsi sp.n. det. N.C.E. Miller. 1950.”; “COM INST. ENT. COLL.NO. 11607”; “Press by Com Inst Ent B M 1950—262”; “182”; “ Predaceous on Schematiza cordiae, Barb”; “NHMUK 010747739”. Specimen well preserved ( Fig. 245 View FIGURES 241–247 ) .
PARATYPE ♀: yellow-margined paratype disc; “ Dept. of Agric. MAURITIUS Reduit 19.iv.1948 J.R. Williams ”; “Pres by Com. Inst. Ent. B.M.1948-38”; “COM. INST. ENT. COLL. NO. 10958”; “182”; “NHMUK 010747740”. Specimen well preserved ( Fig. 246 View FIGURES 241–247 ) .
Current status: Afrius (Subafrius) flavirostrum (Signoret, 1861) (synonymised by Roell et al. 2019: 15).
Note: Apparently, one female paratype is missing.
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