Review of the encyrtid (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) parasitoids of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Dryinidae): second contribution and description of a new species of Cheiloneurus
Author
Guerrieri, Emilio
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Journal of Natural History
2006
2006-12-28
40
41 - 43
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930601088040
journal article
10.1080/00222930601088040
1464-5262
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Cheiloneurus bonariensis
De Santis
Guerrieri and Viggiani (2005)
failed to indicate that
Cheiloneurus cristatus
(Girault)
remains a valid species, while
C. bonariensis
is a replacement name for
C. cristatus
De Santis 1957
nec
Girault 1915
. In the interest of nomenclatural stability I hereby correct this error.
Cheiloneurus quadricolor
(Girault)
Cheiloneurus brevipennis
Fatima and Shafee, 1994
.
syn. nov.
C. brevipennis
Fatima and Shafee (1994)
was synonymized with
C. yasumatsui
Trjapitzin (1971)
by
Anis and Hayat (2002)
.
Guerrieri and Viggiani (2005)
synonymized
C. yasumatsui
with
C. quadricolor
but failed to indicate
C. brevipennis
as a junior synonym of
C. quadricolor
. In the interest of nomenclatural stability, I hereby correct this error.
Cheiloneurus flaccus
(Walker)
Cheiloneurus australiae
Perkins, 1906: 260
.
Lectotype
♀
,
USA
(BBMH), here designated, examined.
syn. nov.
I have examined a card-mounted specimen from BBMH that bears a note handwritten by Perkins on its inferior side with the following indications: ‘‘Budanberg -illegible sign - xi.04’’ and a label handwritten by Perkins with the name: ‘‘
Saronotum australiae
type’’. On the card, two dryinids (presumably
Pseudogonatopus
, that is indicated as the host of this species), four remnants (
two adults
and two young instars) of what seems to be a Fulgoroidea and one encyrtid, which is the type species, are mounted. As in the original description, the author did not mention how many specimens of this species he collected; in the interest of nomenclatural stability I here designate this specimen as the
LECTOTYPE
of
C. australiae
. I have mounted on a slide one fore wing and one antenna of the
lectotype
and found no reliable differences between this species and
C. flaccus
, especially in the distinctive shape of antenna and in the fore wing pattern of hyaline and infuscated areas (see Figures
10–12 in
Guerrieri and Viggiani 2005
). I, therefore, propose the synonymy of
C. australiae
with
C. flaccus
.