Conostigmus leviventris Kieffer, 1907

Trietsch, Carolyn, Mikó, István & Deans, Andrew R., 2019, A photographic catalog of Ceraphronoidea types at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN), with comments on unpublished notes from Paul Dessart, European Journal of Taxonomy 502, pp. 1-60 : 37-38

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.502
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5662040
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scientific name	Conostigmus leviventris Kieffer, 1907
status

Treatment

Conostigmus leviventris Kieffer, 1907 View in CoL

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Conostigmus Leviventris Kieffer, 1907a: 139 View in CoL , ♀. MNHN.

Conostigmus leviventris View in CoL – Kieffer 1914c: 174, 200. Description, keyed.

Material examined

Paralectotype

FRANCE • ♀; “PATRIE. France: Arras en juin (De Gaulle): Amiens en juin (Carpenter)” ( Kieffer 1907a: 139); MNHN EY25346 View Materials .

Distribution

Palearctic.

Comments

Kieffer (1907a) described the female of the species, but it is unknown how many specimens Kieffer observed or where the specimen(s) are. There is a double point-mounted female specimen at the MNHN (MNHN EY25346) with locality information matching that given in Kieffer (1907a). Dessart left a label on this specimen in 1973 designating it the female paralectotype of Conostigmus leviventris , while also leaving the comment “= rufescens f. ailee!”. However, Dessart never formally synonymized C. leviventris with C. rufescens . The identity and whereabouts of the implied lectotype are unknown. The female specimen is double point mounted and in poor condition. Unfortunately, the specimen is missing its head, and the pin it is double point-mounted on has begun to rust.