Fanamokala perineti Risbec, 1960

Fusu, Lucian, Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, Siebold, Cedric & Villemant, Claire, 2015, Revision of the Eupelmidae Walker, 1833 described by Jean Risbec. Part 1: the slide mounted specimens housed at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris, Zoosystema 37 (3), pp. 457-480 : 473-474

Fanamokala perineti Risbec, 1960

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Fanamokala perineti Risbec, 1960b: 130-133 . Original description, ♂, Madagascar, Perinet.

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Eupelmus (Episolindelia) perineti (Risbec, 1960) n. comb.

TYPE MATERIAL. — MNHN.5.14. Lectotype ♂ (here designated), encircled with black ink, and one♂ paralectotype, both dry mounted under one coverslip; fragments of gastral segments dry mounted un- der the second one, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Fanamokala / perineti / Risbec/ T [large red letter]” and “Elev. Du 7.4.51. N° G.230. Eclos le 17.4.51/ Inst. Scient. Madagascar / Parasite de galle de tige de Fanamoka/ Perinet (A. R.)”.

REMARKS

Fanamokala was described in Pteromalidae ( Risbec, 1960b) but both syntypes are Eupelmus (Episolindelia) males. Consequently, Fanamokala is a junior synonym of Eupelmus , subgenus Episolindelia (n. syn.). The designated lectotype is the specimen with the head compressed and detached, but present, and with its body laterally compressed under the coverslip ( Fig. 3B ). The other male (paralectotype) is also compressed and has half of the gaster detached and mounted under the second coverslip.

Figures

FIG. 3. – A, C, Cerambycobius mandrakae Risbec, 1952, ♂ paralectotype (A) and lectotype ♀ (C); B, Fanamokala perineti Risbec, 1960, lectotype.