Helorus nigripes Förster, 1856

Vogel, Jonathan, Sauren, Jerome & Peters, Ralph S., 2024, New evidence on the identity of the European Helorus species (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea, Helorida), Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 122523-e 122523 : e122523-

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/BDJ.12.e122523

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13800762

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scientific name

Helorus nigripes Förster, 1856
status

 

Helorus nigripes Förster, 1856

Helorus nigripes Förster, 1856: 143

Helorus rugosus Thomson, 1858: 380 . Lectotype designated by Pschorn-Walcher (1955)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: male; disposition: in collection; associatedSequences: no DNA barcode available; occurrenceID: B89735F0-6010-5EE8-A6D3-5208B97080BB; Taxon: family: Heloridae ; genus: Helorus ; specificEpithet: nigripes ; scientificNameAuthorship: Förster, 1856; Location: country: The Netherlands; countryCode: NL; stateProvince: Limburg; municipality: Maastricht; locality: Exc. St. Pietersberg, Wijngaard, langs kleine Pruisweg ; Identification: identifiedBy: van Achterberg, Kees; dateIdentified: 2003; Event: eventDate: 1950-8 - 16; year: 1856; Record Level: institutionID: RMNH; collectionID: JV _ Prel _ 0033; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; disposition: in collection; associatedSequences: no DNA barcode available; occurrenceID: C4F9CD8A-4F22-5CD5-81BD-C72346EEB366; Taxon: family: Heloridae ; genus: Helorus ; specificEpithet: nigripes ; scientificNameAuthorship: Förster, 1856; Location: country: The Netherlands; countryCode: NL; stateProvince: Limburg; municipality: Maastricht; locality: Exc. St. Pietersberg, Oosthelling bij grens ; Identification: identifiedBy: van Achterberg, Kees; dateIdentified: 2003; Event: eventDate: 1950-8 - 17; year: 1856; Record Level: institutionID: RMNH; collectionID: JV _ Prel _ 0034; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Remarks

We could only study historical material of this reportedly rare species, loaned from the RMNH. The specimen shows the distinct coarse reticulation on head and mesosoma (Fig. 6 View Figure 6 B) that was already described by Förster and also mentioned, described, and imaged by subsequent authors ( Pschorn-Walcher 1955, Townes 1977, Van Achterberg 2006). Note that Pschorn-Walcher (1955) wrote that the name H. rugosus Thomson should be preferred because Thomson’s material was, in contrast to Förster’s, still present. Pschorn-Walcher (1971) continued to use the name H. rugosus . Pschorn-Walcher (1955) designated a lectotype for H. rugosus , deposited at Stockholm Museum ( SMNH). It is unclear if Townes (1977) was aware of this designation and was looking for the same specimens Pschorn-Walcher (1955) examined when he briefly reports the type as “ … lost, not found in Stockholm 1975 ”. Despite the allegedly lost primary type of H. nigripes , we agree with Townes (1977) that the statement describing the unique coarse sculpture by Förster leaves no doubt about the identity of the name. The absence of the primary type of H. nigripes is irrelevant. Therefore, H. nigripes is used here, maintaining the principle of priority.

RMNH

National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis

SMNH

Department of Paleozoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Heloridae

Genus

Helorus

Loc

Helorus nigripes Förster, 1856

Vogel, Jonathan, Sauren, Jerome & Peters, Ralph S. 2024
2024
Loc

Helorus nigripes Förster, 1856: 143

Helorus nigripes Förster, 1856: 143
Loc

Helorus rugosus

Helorus rugosus Thomson, 1858: 380 . Lectotype designated by Pschorn-Walcher (1955)