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An online photographic catalog of primary types
of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera) in the National
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Elijah J. Talamas', Joseph Thompson’, Amy Cutler’,

Samantha Fitzsimmons Schoenberger’, Anthony Cuminale’, Trenton Jung’,
Norman F. Johnson’, Alejandro A. Valerio’, Ashton B. Smith’,
Victoria Haltermann?, Elizabeth Alvarez*?, Collin Schwantes’,

Catherine Blewer’, Coline Bodenreider’, Annika Salzberg’,
Pei Luo”, Debra Meislin?, Matthew L. Buffington!

I Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, clo
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, RO. Box 37012, MRC-168, Washington,
DC 20013-7012 U.S.A. 2. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, RO. Box 37012,
MRC-168, Washington, DC 20013-7012 U.S.A. 3 Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Bio-
logy, The Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH, 43212, U.S.A.

Corresponding author: Elijah J. Talamas (talamas.1@osu.edu)

Academic editor: G. Broad | Received 11 October 2016 | Accepted 11 January 2017 | Published 21 June 2017
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Citation: Talamas EJ, Thompson J, Cutler A, Fitzsimmons Schoenberger S, Cuminale A, Jung T, Johnson NF, Valerio
AA, Smith AB, Haltermann V, Alvarez E, Schwantes C, Blewer C, Bodenreider C, Salzberg A, Luo P, Meislin D,
Buffington ML (2017) An online photographic catalog of primary types of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera) in the
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. In: Talamas EJ, Buffington ML (Eds) Advances in the
Systematics of Platygastroidea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56: 187-224. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.56.10774

Abstract

A photographic catalog of primary types of Platygastroidea housed in the National Insect Collection,
National Museum of Natural History, is here made available online at the image database at The Ohio
State University (specimage.osu.edu). Following examination of this collection we enact the following
taxonomic changes: Leptacis piniella MacGown syn. n. is treated as a junior synonym of Leptacis pinicola
MacGown; Sacespalus indicus Mani is transferred to Platygaster Latreille; Platygaster indica Mukerjee is
given the replacement name Platygaster chaos Talamas, n. n.; Synopeas rugiceps (Ashmead), comb. n. is
transferred from Leptacis Forster; Axea atriclava (Kieffer), comb. n. is transferred from Psilanteris Kiet-
fer; Chakra pachmarhica (Sharma), comb. n. is transferred from Paridris Kiefter; Paridris dubeyi Sharma,
syn. n. is treated as a junior synonym of Chakra pachmarhica; Holoteleia indica (Mani) is transferred to

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Opisthacantha Ashmead and given a replacement name, Opisthacantha nomados Talamas, n. n.; Psilanteris
nigriclavata (Ashmead), comb. n. is transferred from Anteris Forster; Probaryconus grenadensis (Ashmead),
comb. n. is transferred from Monoteleia Kieffer; Monoteleia syn.n. is treated as a junior synonym of Pro-
baryconus Kiefter; Paridris karnatakensis Sharma, syn. n is treated as a junior synonym of Probaryconus
cauverycus Saraswat; Probaryconus punctatus (Ashmead), comb. n. is transferred from Oxyteleia Kieffer;
Triteleia bengalensis (Saraswat), comb. n. is transferred from Alloteleia Kieffer; Trimorus varius Fouts,
syn. n. and Trimorus pulchricornis Fouts, syn. n. are treated as junior synonyms of Trimorus annulicornis
(Ashmead); Neotypes are designated for Gryon leptocorisae (Howard), Idris seminiger (Ashmead), Teleno-
mus graptae Howard, Telenomus persimilis Ashmead, and Telenomus rileyi Howard; lectotypes are des-
ignated for Cremastobaeus bicolor Ashmead, Oethecoctonus insularis (Ashmead), Oethecoctonus laticinctus
(Ashmead) and Probaryconus punctatus (Ashmead).

Keywords

Taxonomy, Scelionidae, Platygastridae

Introduction

Stability in taxonomic name usage derives from the objectivity provided by pri-
mary type specimens. The National Insect Collection, housed in the National Mu-
seum of Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Institution, presently houses 728
primary types of Platygastroidea, and an additional eight species are represented
by syntypes. The past decade has seen huge advancements in the amount of data
that can be disseminated electronically, but also has seen a continuation of species
descriptions that do not include examination of primary types. Our intention is
to make high quality images of primary types easily accessible to facilitate proper
recognition and to contribute to a functional classification of Platygastroidea. We
also hope that our effort to making holotype images available online will encourage
others to do the same.

In addition to imaging primary types, we photographed a large number of deter-
mined species in the National Insect Collection, focusing on paratypes when possible
and when needed to supplement images of primary types. For specimens without indi-
cation of a determiner, we make no guarantees about their accuraccy, and these should
be considered as simply a digital representation of the collection, and not necessarily a
basis for making taxonomic decisions. The determiner of each specimen, when these
data were available, are indicated in the specimen records.

Authorship

This project would not have been possible in the time frame allotted without the con-
tribution of many participants in the Smithsonian Internship Program. Because this
publication is a photographic catalog, all contributors are included as authors accord-
ing to the number of primary types photographed. Non-photographic contributions
are as follows: specimen databasing: EJT, NFJ, AAV; intern training: EJT; taxonomy:

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EJT; manuscript preparation: EJT, NFJ, AAV, MLB; database development and main-
tenance: NFJ; project oversight: EJT, MLB.

In some cases, primary types were photographed and made publicly available during
the course of the Platygastroidea Planetary Biodiversity Inventory. ‘These types were given
identifiers in the format “USNM ” or “USNM Type No. ”, which we maintain as alterna-
tive identifiers in addition to “USNMENT” collecting unit identifiers. We reference the
publications in which these images were made available in Suppl. material 1.

Materials and methods

The list of primary types is presented in Suppl. material 1 and contains paratype or
paralectotype specimens that were photographed to supplement images of incomplete
primary types. Photographs are available for many determined species of Platygastroidea
housed in USNM. A list of these species and specimens is presented in Suppl. material 2.

The numbers prefixed with “USNMENT” or “OSUC ” are unique collecting unit
identifiers (CUIDs) for the individual specimens (note the blank space after some
acronyms). Details on the data associated with these specimens may be accessed at the
following link, purl.oclc.org/NET/hymenoptera/hol, and entering the identifier in the
form. Persistent URIs for each taxonomic concept were minted by xBio:D in accord-
ance with best practices recommend by Hagedorn et al. (2013). Taxonomic synopses
were generated by the Hymenoptera Online Database (hol.osu.edu).

Photographs were captured with a Z16 Leica lens with a JVC KY-F75U digital
camera using Cartograph or Automontage software, or a Leica DMRB compound mi-
croscope with a GT-Vision Lw11057C-SCI digital camera attached. In both systems,
lighting was achieved using techniques summarized in Buffington et al. (2005), Kerr
et al. (2009) and Buffington and Gates (2009). Single montage images were produced
from image stacks with the either Automontage or CombineZP. In some cases, multi-
ple montage images were stitched together in Photoshop CS4 to produce larger images
at high resolution and magnification.

Full resolution images are archived at the image database at The Ohio State Uni-
versity (specimage.osu.edu) which is searchable by taxon name and CUID.

Taxonomy

Leptacis pinicola MacGown
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/11677
Figures 1-6

Leptacis pinicola MacGown, 1979: 24, 101 (original description. Keyed).
Leptacis piniella MacGown, syn. n., 1979: 24, 104 (original description. Keyed).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=11677

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Material examined. Holotype of L. pinicola, female: UNITED STATES: VA,
Fairfax Co., Vienna, 20.X1.1941, J. C. Bridwell, USNMENT01059099 (deposited
in USNM). Holotype of L. piniella, female: UNITED STATES: CO, Jefferson Co.,
Evergreen, 30.VHI.1937, USNMENT01059210 (deposited in USNM).

Comments. The treatment of L. pinicola and L. piniella as different species is
perplexing, given that they were described in the same publication. The key to species
in McGown (1979) separated them on the basis of the scape “long and slim” versus
“stouter, not noticeably long and slim”. Our examination reveals that the shapes of the
scape in these species are essentially identical (Figures 3, 5)

f Lge 0A ; (WAS rs mM, 04

Figures 1-6. | Leptacis piniella, holotype female (USNMENT01059210), head, mesosoma, metasoma,
lateral view 2 Leptacis pinicola, holotype female (USNMENT01059099), head, mesosoma, metasoma,
lateral view 3 Leptacis piniella, holotype female (USNMENT01059210), head, anterior view 4 Leptacis
piniella, holotype female (USNMENT01059210), head and mesosoma, dorsal view 5 Leptacis pinicola,
holotype female (USNMENT01059099), head, anterior view 6 Leptacis pinicola, holotype female (USN-
MENTO01059099), head and mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Platygaster indica (Mani), comb. n.
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/12100
Figures 7—8

Sacepalus indicus Mani, 1975: 75 (original description, spelling error).
Sacespalus indicus Mani: Mani and Sharma 1982: 213 (description); Vlug 1995: 74
(cataloged, type information); Buhl 2009: 901 (keyed).

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Figures 7-8. Platygaster indica (Mani), holotype female (USNMENT01109916) 7 head, mesosoma,

metasoma, dorsal view 8 head, mesosoma, metasoma, ventral view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=12100
Material examined. Holotype, female: INDIA: Maharashtra, Mahabaleshwar,

16.1X.1971, Mani, USNMENT01109916 (deposited in USNM).

Comments. This species clearly does not belong in Sacespalus Kieffer (Figures
9-11): it has distinct felt fields on S2, A2 is not lamellate, and it lacks the robustly
crenulate orbit of the compound eye. Despite the flattened state of the specimen, the
characters of this specimen are surprisingly accessible.

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Figures 9-11. Sacespalus 9 female (OSUC 334129), head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 10 female
(OSUC 334129), head, anterior view | I female (OSUC 240805), head and mesosoma, lateral view. Scale

bars in millimeters.

Platygaster chaos Talamas, n. n.
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/11875

Platygaster indicus Mukerjee, 1978: 88 (original description); Mani and Sharma 1982:
212 (description); Vlug 1995: 55 (cataloged, type information); Ushakumari
2004: 590 (keyed); Buhl 2008: 552 (keyed).

Link to distribution map. [http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=11875]
Material examined. Holotype, female, P. indicus: INDIA: Himachal Pradesh, Kul-
lu Valley, Naggar, 18.VI.1972, Mani, USNMENT01109854 (deposited in USNM).
Replacement name. The transfer of Sacespalus indicus Mani (1975) into Platygaster
creates a homonym with Platygaster indica Mukerjee (1978). The former species name
has priority and thus we provide a replacement name, “chaos”, for Platygaster indica,
reflecting the present taxonomic state of Platygaster.

Synopeas rugiceps (Ashmead)
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/11685
Figures 12—15

Amblyaspis rugiceps Ashmead, 1893: 267, 269 (original description. Keyed).

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Figures | 2-15. Synopeas rugiceps, lectotype male (USNMENT00979264) 12 mesosoma and metasoma,
lateral view 13 mesosoma and fore wings, dorsal view 14 antenna, lateral view 15 metapleuron, T1-T2,
S1-S2, lateral view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Leptacis rugiceps (Ashmead): Fouts 1924: 117, 122 (description, generic transfer, lec-
totype designation, keyed); Kieffer 1926: 637, 643 (description, keyed); Masner
and Muesebeck 1968: 82 (type information); Vlug 1995: 38 (cataloged, type in-

formation).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=11685

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Material examined. Lectotype, male, A. rugiceps: UNITED STATES: Washington,
23-VI, USNMENT00979264 (deposited in USNM).

Comments. The absence of a long fringe of setae on the posterior margin of
the fore wing and the fusion of T1 and T2 place this species in Synopeas Forster,
not Leptacis Forster. Fouts described numerous species in Leptacis that were later
transferred to Synopeas (Masner, in Krombein and Burks 1967), and his transfer of
this species from Amb/lyaspis Forster into Synopeas reflects his concepts of these genera.

Axea atriclava (Kieffer), comb. n.
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/5135
Figures 16-21

Psilanteris atriclava Kieffer, 1916: 177 (original description. Keyed); Kieffer 1926:
433, 434 (description, keyed); Dodd 1931: 77 (description, position uncertain);
Baltazar 1966: 182 (cataloged, distribution); Masner 1976: 51 (description, ex-
cluded from Psilanteris, type information); Johnson 1992: 468 (cataloged, type
information).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=5135

Material examined. Holotype, female: PHILIPPINES: Laguna Prov., Luzon Isl.,
Mount Makiling, no date, Baker, USNMENT01059257 (deposited in USNM).

Comments. Masner (1976) stated that this species did not belong in Psilanteris
and suggested that it belonged in an undescribed genus. ‘This has proven to be the case,
as the genus into which we transfer this species was described by Masner and Johnson
(Yoder et al. 2009). Axea atriclava does not match any of the species described in Yoder
et al. (2009) and is a new species for the genus.

Chakra pachmarhica (Sharma), comb. n.
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/3 13332
Figures 22-29

Probaryconus pachmarhicus Sharma, 1978: 24 (original description).

Paridris dubeyi Sharma, syn. n., 1982: 336 (original description); Johnson 1992: 459
(cataloged); Rajmohana 2007: 57 (keyed).

Paridris pachmarhicus (Sharma): Mani and Sharma 1982: 178 (description); Johnson
1992: 460 (cataloged); Rajmohana 2007: 57 (keyed).

Paridris pachmarhica (Sharma): Talamas et al. 2012: 32 (gender emended).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=3 13332
Comments. Paridris dubeyi and Probaryconus pachmarhicus, despite that they are
conspecific, were placed in separate genera by Sharma (1972, 1982). The concept of

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Figures 16-21. Axea atriclava, female holotype (USNMENT01059257) 16 head and mesosoma, lateral

view | 7 head and mesosoma, dorsal view 18 head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 19 metasoma, dorsal

view 20 fore wing venation, dorsal view 21 head, anterior view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Probaryconus, at least since Masner (1976), excludes species with a metascutellum
that projects posteriorly (“armed”), and includes species that have spines or protru-
sions on the propodeum. Chakra pachmarhica matches neither of these character
states. Paridris is a more polymorphic genus that was recently diagnosed by Talamas
et al. (2011) and does not include species with an epomial carina. Until now, Chakra
has been a monotypic genus, and the metascutellum of C. sarvatra Rajmohana &
Veenakumari has a metascutellum with a single spine. We here expand the con-
cept of Chakra to include species with two or three metascutellar spines. The salient

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Figures 22-25. Chakra pachmarhicus (Sharma), female holotype (USNMENT01109836) 22 head and
mesosoma, lateral view 23 head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 24 mesoscutellum, metascutellum,

propodeum, T1, dorslateral view 25 head, anterolateral view. Scale bars in millimeters.

characters of Chakra, as mentioned by Rajmohana and Veenakumari (2014), are
the diagnostic form of sculpture on the head, mesoscutum, and mesoscutellum; the
postmarginal vein shorter than the stigmal vein, and Scelio-type ovipositor. ‘The limits
of Chakra with respect to Trissoscelio (presently a junior synonym of Opisthacantha)
are unclear. The presence of an epomial carina in Chakra holds promise as a diagnos-
tic character, but this character exhibits a significant degree of variation among the
undescribed African species of Chakra. A species of Chakra from Southeast Asia has
a trispinose metascutellum (Figure 31) and the length of these spines exhibits a great

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Figures 26-29. Chakra pachmarhicus. 26 male holotype of Paridris dubeyi Sharma (USN-
MENT01197116), head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 27 male holotype of Paridris dubeyi Sharma
(USNMENT01197116), head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 28 male (USNMENT01109626),
mesosoma, lateral view 29 male holotype of Paridris dubeyi Sharma (USNMENT01197116), head, an-

terior view. Scale bars in millimeters.

deal of size related variation. Consequently, Chakra is a genus with a hypervariable
metascutellum and this structure is of only modest use for identifying the genus. We
think it is noteworthy that all of the species of Chakra that we have examined have
the metapleural and paracoxal sulci well-defined and separate in the dorsal half of the
metapleuron (Figures 32—33) and, at the moment, this serves as a useful diagnostic
character for the genus.

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Figures 30-35. 30 Chakra sp., male (OSUC 170290), head and mesosoma, dorsal view 31 Chakra sp.,
female (OSUC 261908), head and mesosoma, dorsal view 32 Chakra sp., male (OSUC 170291), head
and mesosoma, lateral view 33 Chakra sp., female (OSUC 261908), head and mesosoma, lateral view
34 Chakra sp., male (OSUC 170291), head and pronotum, anterolateral view 35 Chakra sp., female
(OSUC 261908), head and mesosoma, anterolateral view. Scalebars in millimeters.

Diagnosis of Chakra. Scelio-type ovipositor; propodeum coarsely rugose; epomial
carina present; head, mesoscutum and mesoscutellum punctate with interstitial micr-
cosculpture; malar striae present; facial striae present; occipital carina complete; lines
of sculpture extending around interantennal process; clypeus divided dorsoventrally
by transverse furrow.

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Cremastobaeus bicolor Ashmead

http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/4225

Cremastobaeus bicolor Ashmead, 1893: 229 (original description); Ashmead 1894: 228
(redescribed as new, keyed); Kieffer 1926: 354 (description, keyed); Johnson 1992:
365 (cataloged).

Link to distribution map. [http://hol.osu.edu/map-full html?id=4225]

Lectotype designation. We here designate specimen USNMENT01223775 as
the lectotype female of Cremastobaeus bicolor. SAINT VINCENT AND THE GREN-
ADINES: Saint Vincent Island, no date, H. H. Smith, (deposited in USNM).

Gryon leptocorisae (Howard)
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/4416
Figures 36-39

Hadronotus leptocorisae Howard, 1885: 215 (original description); Ashmead 1893:
230, 231 (description, keyed); Brues 1910: 47 (keyed); Kieffer 1926: 454, 462
(description, keyed).

Hadronotus hungaricus Szab6, 1966: 430, 433 (original description. Keyed. Preoccupied
by Hadronotellus hungaricus Szabé (1966) and Pannongryon hungaricum Szabé
(1966). Synonymized by Mineo (1980)); Johnson 1992: 386 (type information).

Gryon leptocorisae (Howard): Muesebeck and Masner 1967: 299 (generic transfer); Mas-
ner and Muesebeck 1968: 36 (lectotype designation); Mineo 1980: 197 (synonymy);
Mineo 1981: 119, 132 (variation, keyed); Masner 1983: 154 (description); Mineo
1990: 52 (assigned to leptocorisae species group); Johnson 1992: 386 (cataloged,
type information); Mineo and Caleca 1994: 122 (distribution); Kononova and Ko-
zlov 2008: 326, 370 (description, keyed).

Gryon reduviophagus Kozlov, 1971: 48 (original description. Synonymized by Mineo
(1979)); Viggiani and Mineo 1974: 154, 160 (diagnosis, keyed); Kozlov 1978:
620 (description); Mineo 1979: 257 (junior synonym of Gryon hungaricus (Sza-
bd)); Kozlov and Kononova 1989: 79 (keyed); Kozlov and Kononova 1990: 267,
285 (description, keyed); Johnson 1992: 387 (cataloged, type information); Kon-
onova 1995: 84 (keyed); Kononova and Petrov 2002: 54 (keyed).

Gryon hungaricus Szabé: Mineo 1979: 251 (variation).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=4416

Neotype designation. The lectotype specimen is essentially lost, as only a few legs
remain glued to the point (Figure 36). We here designate paralectotype specimen (US-
NMENT00989860) as the neotype for Gryon leptocorisae. This specimen was reared

from the same egg mass as the lectotype and has identical collection data.

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Figures 36-39. Gryon leptocorisae 36 remnants of lectotype specimen (USNMENT00989859) 37 neo-
type female (USNMENT00989860), head, anterior view 38 neotype female (USNMENT00989860),
head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 39 neotype female (USNMENT00989860), head, mesosoma,

metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Material examined. Lectotype, female, H. /eptocorisae.: UNITED STATES: FL, Put-
nam Co., Crescent City, no date, reared from egg, H. G. Hubbard, USNMENT00989859
(deposited in USNM). Neotype, female, 1. leptocorisae: UNITED STATES: FL, Putnam
Co., Crescent City, no date UJNMENT00989860 (deposited in USNM).

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Idris seminiger (Ashmead)
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/9176
Figures 40-41

Acoloides seminiger Ashmead, 1893: 170, 173 (original description. Keyed. Synonymized
by Huggert (1979)); Harrington 1900: 184 (type information); Kieffer 1926: 166,
168 (description, keyed); Johnson 1992: 416 (type information).

Idris seminiger (Ashmead): Masner and Muesebeck 1968: 39 (lectotype designation);
Huggert 1979: 6 (junior synonym of /dris subapterus (Ashmead)).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=9176
Neotype designation. The lectotype designated by Masner and Muesebeck (1968) is
lost. We here designate the paralectotype female (USNMENT01109324), which has la-
bel data identical to that of the previous lectotype, to be the neotype of Acoloides seminiger.
Material examined. Neotype female, Acoloides seminiger. CANADA: Ontario,
Ottawa, no date, W. H. Harrington USNMENT01109324 (deposited in USNM).

Figures 40-41. /dris seminiger, neotype female (USNMENT01109324) 40 head, mesosoma, metasoma,

dorsal view 41 head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view. Scale bars in millimeters.

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Oethecoctonus insularis (Ashmead)

http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/4952

Cacus insularis Ashmead, 1894: 226, 227 (original description. Keyed); Ashmead
1900: 243, 328 (distribution).

Cacellus insularis (Ashmead): Kieffer 1908: 120 (generic transfer); Kieffer 1926: 414
(description, keyed).

Oethecoctonus insularis (Ashmead): Johnson 1992: 444 (cataloged).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=4952

Lectotype designation. We here designate specimen USNMENT01109356
as the lectotype female of Oethecoctonus insularis: SAINT VINCENT AND THE
GRENADINES: Saint Vincent Island, no date, H. H. Smith, (deposited in USNM).

Oethecoctonus laticinctus (Ashmead)
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/4953

Cacus laticinctus Ashmead, 1894: 226, 227 (original description. Keyed); Ashmead
1900: 328 (distribution).

Cacellus laticinctus (Ashmead): Kieffer, 1908: 120 (generic transfer); Kieffer 1926: 414,
415 (description, keyed).

Oethecoctonus laticinctus (Ashmead): Masner, 1965: 85 (type information); Johnson
1992: 444 (cataloged, type information).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=4953

Lectotype designation. We here designate specimen USNMENT01109358
as the lectotype female of Oethecoctonus laticinctus: SAINT VINCENT AND THE
GRENADINES: Saint Vincent Island, no date, H. H. Smith, USNMENT01109358
(deposited in USNM).

Opisthacantha nomados Talamas n. n.
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/4550
Figures 42—45

Baryconus (Holoteleia) indica Mani, 1975: 73 (original description).
Holoteleia indica (Mani): Mani and Sharma 1982: 181 (description, generic transfer);
Johnson 1992: 401 (cataloged, type information).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=4550
Material examined. Holotype, female: INDIA: Maharashtra St., Khandala,
21.[IX—22.1X.1971, Mani, UINMENT01109813 (deposited in USNM).

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Figures 42-45. Opisthacantha indica, female holotype (USNMENT01109813) 42 head, mesoso-

ma, metasoma, dorsal view 43 mesoscutellum, mesoscutellum, propodeum, T1, T2, dorsolateral view

44 head, mesosoma, metasoma, ventral view 45 head, ventral view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Replacement name. Mani (1975) described Opisthacantha indica in the same pa-
per in which Baryconus (Holoteleia) indica was originally described. We resolve this
homonymy by proposing a replacement name for the latter. We selected the epithet,
“nomados”, which is Greek for “wanderer” for this species as it roams from one genus
to another. The names is treated as a noun in apposition.

Comments. Malar and facial striae are present in the holotype specimen of O. no-
mados, both of which exclude this species from Holoteleia in the concept of this genus

presented by Masner (1980), Masner (1994) and Talamas and Buffington (2015). The

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placement of Baryconus indica by Mani and Sharma (1982) in Holoteleia is also incon-
sistent with the concept of the genus presented by Mani and Sharma (1982), which
stated that the genus has a “metanotum narrow, medially without lamina or lamella”.
Examination of the holotype reveals that the metascutellum forms a large posteriorly
projecting plate (Figure 43), consistent with the form found in Opisthacantha (Tris-
soscelio) nigriceps Kieffer. Trissoscelio Kieffer is currently treated as a junior synonym of
Opisthacantha Ashmead, but changes to the classification of the genera presently treated
as Opisthacantha are likely to occur when this complex is reanalyzed. We note that O.
nomados should follow Opisthacantha (Trissoscelio) nigriceps in the event of such change.

Probaryconus Kieffer
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/544

Baryconus (Probaryconus) Kieffer, 1908: 118, 165, 168 (original description. Type:
Baryconus (Probaryconus) spinosus Kieffer, by monotypy. Keyed); Kieffer 1910: 64,
84 (description, list of species, keyed).

Procacus Kieffer, 1910: 319 (original description. Type: Procacus striatigena Kieffer, by
monotypy. Synonymized by Masner (1976)); Kieffer 1910: 64, 77 (description,
list of species, keyed); Kieffer 1913: 228 (description); Kieffer 1926: 269, 415
(key to subgenera, keyed); Nixon 1931: 356 (keyed); Nixon 1933: 292 (keyed);
Muesebeck and Walkley 1956: 388 (citation of type species); Baltazar 1966: 180
(cataloged, catalog of species of the Philippines); Masner 1976: 33 (junior syno-
nym of Probaryconus Kieffer); De Santis 1980: 314 (catalog of species of Brazil).

Amblyconus Kieffer, 1913: 221 (original description. Type: Amblyconus quadridens Ki-
effer, first included species. Synonymized by Masner (1965)); Kieffer 1914: 325
(description); Kieffer 1926: 269, 484 (description, keyed); Muesebeck and Walk-
ley 1956: 327 (citation of type species).

Neurocacus Kieffer, 1913: 428 (original description. Type: Neurocacus philippinensis
Kieffer, by monotypy and original designation. Synonymized by Kieffer (1926));
Muesebeck and Walkley 1956: 374 (citation of type species).

Probaryconus Kieffer: Kieffer 1913: 220 (description, change to generic status); Kieffer
1914: 323 (description); Kieffer 1926: 270, 485 (description, keyed, key to species);
Maneval 1940: 113 (keyed); Mani 1941: 28 (catalog of species of India); Muesebeck
and Walkley 1956: 388 (citation of type species); Muesebeck and Masner 1967: 299
(second supplement to Muesebeck and Walkley (1951)); Kozlov 1971: 40 (keyed);
Kozlov 1971: 40 (keyed); Masner 1976: 33 (description, key to Calliscelio Ashmead,
Paridris Kieffer, Oethecoctonus Ashmead, and Probaryconus Kieffer); Kozlov 1978:
614 (description); Muesebeck 1979: 1155 (catalog of species of U.S. and Canada);
Mani and Sharma 1982: 176 (description); Galloway and Austin 1984: 7, 20, 28,
36 (diagnosis, list of species described from Australia, keyed); Kozlov and Kononova

1990: 95, 173 (keyed); Johnson 1992: 462 (cataloged, catalog of world species);

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Kononova 1995: 60, 69 (keyed, diagnosis, key to species of Russian Far East); Austin
and Field 1997: 22, 68 (structure of ovipositor system, discussion of phylogenetic
relationships); Lé 2000: 31, 72 (keyed, description, key to species); Loiacono and
Margaria 2002: 558 (catalog of Brazilian species); Mineo 2006: 45 (genotype infor-
mation); Rajmohana 2006: 116, 129 (description, keyed); Kononova and Kozlov
2008: 22, 219 (description, keyed); Talamas et al. 2011: 53 (keyed); Popovici and
Johnson 2012: 381 (description of internal genitalia).

Procacus (Neurocacus) Kieffer: Kieffer 1926: 416 (description, change to subgeneric status).

Procacus (Procacus) Kieffer: Kieffer 1926: 415 (description).

Urundia Risbec, 1957: 142 (original description. Type: Urundia biarmata Risbec, by
monotypy and original designation. Synonymized by Masner (1976)); Masner
1976: 34 (junior synonym of Probaryconus Kieffer).

Monoteleia Kieffer, syn. n., 1926: 272, 545 (original description. Type: Macroteleia
grenadensis Ashmead, by original designation. Keyed, key to species); Muesebeck
and Walkley 1956: 372 (citation of type species); Masner 1976: 35 (description,
taxonomic status); Johnson 1992: 440 (cataloged, catalog of world species).

Comments. Probaryconus is a cosmopolitan and variable genus that includes numer-
ous elongate forms. We agree with the suggestion of Masner (1976) that Monoteleia
represents a morphological extreme of Probaryconus, not a phylogenetically distinct
lineage. Our concept of Probaryconus accommodates Monoteleia without issue, and we
note that metasomal length alone has not proven to be of real use at the generic level
anywhere in Platygastroidea.

Probaryconus grenadensis (Ashmead), comb. n.
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/4929
Figures 46-51

Macroteleia grenadensis Ashmead, 1900: 243, 327 (original description); Kieffer 1908:
170 (keyed).

Cacellus grenadensis (Ashmead): Kieffer 1908: 120 (generic transfer).

Monoteleia grenadensis (Ashmead): Kieffer 1926: 545 (generic transfer, description,
keyed); Masner 1976: 35 (description, type information); Johnson 1992: 440
(cataloged, type information).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=4929

Material examined. Holotype, male, MZ. grenadensis: GRENADA: Saint Andrew
Parish, windward side, Grand Etang Lake, 1900ft, no date, H. H. Smith, USN-
MENT01059137 (deposited in USNM). Other material: (1 female, 1 male) GRE-
NADA: 1 female, OSUC 396818 (CNCI). SAINT VINCENT AND THE GREN-
ADINES: 1 male, OSUC 396819 (CNCI).

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Figures 46-51. Probaryconus grenadensis 46 holotype male (USNMENT01059137), head, anterior
view 47 female (OSUC 396818), head, anterior view 48 female (OSUC 396818), head, mesosoma,
metasoma, dorsal view 49 holotype male (USNMENT01059137), head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal
view 50 holotype male (USNMENT01059137), head and mesosoma, lateral view 51 female (OSUC

396818), head and mesosoma, lateral view. Scale bars in millimeters.

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Probaryconus cauverycus Saraswat
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/5096
Figures 52—57

Probaryconus cauverycus Saraswat, 1978: 22 (original description); Mani and Sharma
1982: 176 (description); Johnson 1992: 463 (cataloged).

Probaryconus karnatakensis (Sharma), syn. n., 1982: 338 (original description); Johnson
1992: 459 (cataloged); Rajmohana 2007: 57 (keyed).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=5096
Material examined. Female holotype of Probaryconus cauverycus: INDIA: Kar-
nataka St., Tala Kaveri, 10.III.1975, M. S. Mani, USNMENT01109607 (deposited

<y , 3

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=<. ry: th 01 's yo - = ey, bas 041

Figures 52-55. Probaryconus cauverycus 52 female holotype of Paridris karnatakensis (USN-
MENT01109963), head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 53 female holotype of Probaryconus cau-
verycus (USNMENT01109607), head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 54 female holotype of Paridris
karnatakensis (UUSNMENT01109963), head, anterior view 55 female holotype of Probaryconus cauverycus
(USNMENT01109607), head, anterior view. Scale bars in millimeters.

> - ‘A

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Figures 56-57. Probaryconus cauverycus 56 female holotype of Paridris karnatakensis (USN-

MENT01109963), head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 57 female holotype of Probaryconus cauverycus
(USNMENT01109607), head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.

in USNM). Female holotype of Paridris karnatakensis: INDIA: Karnataka St., Attur,
20.V—10.V1.1978, M. S. Mani, USNMENT01109963 (deposited in USNM). Other
material: THAILAND: 1 female, USNMENT01223894 (USNM).

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Probaryconus punctatus (Ashmead), comb. n.
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/5042
Figures 58-61

Caloteleia punctata Ashmead, 1894: 218, 221 (original description. Keyed); Ashmead
1900: 327 (distribution).

Ceratoteleia punctata (Ashmead): Kieffer 1908: 121 (generic transfer. Kieffer, in the
same publication, placed this name under both Oxyteleia and Ceratoteleia).

Oxyteleia punctata (Ashmead): Kieffer 1908: 118 (generic transfer); Kieffer 1926: 516
(description, keyed); Johnson 1992: 455 (cataloged).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=5042

. . Rees
0.1 in Ara

- 2 ht - be Kio - " — : wy -
Figures 58-61. Probaryconus punctatus, female holotype (USNMENT01109350) 58 head, mesosoma,
metasoma, ventral view 59 head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 60 head and mesosoma, lateral view
61 head, anterior view. Scale bars in millimeters.

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Lectotype designation. We here designate specimen USNMENT01109350 as
the lectotype female of Probaryconus punctatus (Ashmead).

Material examined. Lectotype, female, Caloteleia punctata. SAINT VINCENT
AND THE GRENADINES: Saint Vincent Island, no date, H. H. Smith, USN-
MENT01109350 (deposited in USNM). Paralectotype, female, Caloteleia punctata:
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: Saint Vincent Island, no date, H.
H. Smith, USNMENT01109351 (deposited in USNM).

Comments. Oxyteleia Kieffer has an Oriental distribution and this species does
not have its most obvious diagnostic characters: a bispinose metascutellum and poste-
tiorly directed spines derived from the axillular carinae on the lateral mesoscutellum.

Psilanteris nigriclavata (Ashmead), comb. n.
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/397 1
Figures 62-64

Opisthacantha nigriclavata Ashmead, 1905: 399 (original description); Kieffer 1926: 398
(description, keyed); Baltazar 1966: 179 (cataloged, type information, distribution).

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- ns =.
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Figures 62-64. Psilanteris nigriclavata, female holotype (USNMENT0089029) 62 head, mesosoma,
metasoma, lateral view 63 head and mesosoma, anterodorsal view (sk=skaphion) 64 head and mesosoma,

lateral view. Scale bars in millimeters.

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Paratrimorus nigriclavatus (Ashmead): Masner and Muesebeck 1968: 41 (type informa-
tion, generic transfer).
Anteris nigriclavata (Ashmead): Johnson 1992: 337 (cataloged, type information).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=397 1

Material examined. Holotype, female, O. nigriclavata: PHILIPPINES: Metro-
politan Manila Reg., Manila, no date, R. Brown, USNMENT00989029 (deposited
in USNM).

Comments. Placement of this species in the correct genus has undoubtedly been
hampered by glue that obscured some of its diagnostic characters. In order to sufh-
ciently assess the specimen it was soaked in ethanol until the glue became soft enough
for removal with forceps and a fine pin to observe the skaphion and dorsal head. ‘The
specimen was then left in the remaining glue (as seen in Figs 62-64). The presence of
a skaphion, single metascutellar spine, and absence of a postmarginal vein enable us to
confidently place this species in Psilanteris.

Triteleia bengalensis (Saraswat), comb. n.
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/3960
Figures 65-69

Alloteleia bengalensis Saraswat, 1978: 18 (original description); Mani and Sharma
1982: 173 (description); Johnson 1992: 335 (cataloged).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=3960
Material examined. Holotype, female: INDIA: Assam St., Jaldhapara, 13.[V—15.
IV.1976, M. S. Mani, USNMENT01109608 (deposited in USNM).

Trimorus annulicornis (Ashmead)
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/3467
Figures 70-79

Prosacantha annulicornis Ashmead, 1893: 186, 188 (original description. Keyed).

Hoplogryon (Allogryon) annulicornis (Ashmead): Kieffer 1910: 95 (subgeneric assign-
ment); Kieffer 1926: 221, 231 (description, keyed).

Trimorus annulicornis (Ashmead): Fouts 1948: 100, 129 (generic transfer, type infor-
mation, keyed); Masner and Muesebeck 1968: 47 (lectotype designation); Johnson
1992: 523 (cataloged, type information).

Trimorus pulchricornis Fouts, syn. n., 1948: 98, 104 (original description. Keyed); Mas-
ner and Muesebeck 1968: 56 (type information); Johnson 1992: 546 (cataloged,

type information).

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Figures 65-69. 77viteleia bengalensis, female holotype (USNMENT01109608) 65 head and mesosoma,

lateral view 66 head and metasoma, dorsal view 67 head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 68 head,

mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 69 head, anterior view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Trimorus varius Fouts, syn. n., 1948: 99, 120 (original description. Keyed); Masner
and Muesebeck 1968: 59 (type information); Johnson 1992: 555 (cataloged, type

information).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=3467

Material examined. Lectotype, male, P. annulicornis: UNITED STATES: Wash-
ington, 14-X, USNMENT01059271 (deposited in USNM). Paralectotype: UNIT-
ED STATES: 1 unsexed, USNMENT01029368 (USNM). Other material: UNIT-

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Figures 70-72. 70 Trimorus pulchricornis, female holotype (USNMENT01109147), head, mesosoma,
metasoma, dorsal view 71 Trimorus varius, male holotype (USNMENT01109222), head, mesosoma,
metasoma, dorsal view 72 Trimorus annulicornis, female (USNMENT01059271), head, mesosoma,

metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.

ED STATES: 6 females, 1 male, USNMENT01109667, USNMENT01197090,
USNMENT01197091, USNMENT01197092, USNMENT01197093, USN-
MENT01197094, USNMENT01197279 (USNM). Holotype of Trimorus varius,
male: UNITED STATES: MD, Montgomery Co., Cabin John, 30.VII.1924, Fouts,
USNMENT01109222 (deposited in USNM). Holotype of Trimorus pulchricornis, fe-
male: UNITED STATES: MD, Montgomery Co., Glen Echo, no date, R. M. Fouts,
USNMENT01109147 (deposited in USNM).

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75

ON , 05

Figures 73-75. 73 Trimorus pulchricornis, female holotype (USNMENT01109147), head, mesosoma,
metasoma, lateral view 74 Trimorus varius, male holotype (USNMENT01109222), head, mesosoma,
metasoma, lateral view 75 Trimorus annulicornis, female lectotype (USNMENT01059271), head, meso-
soma, metasoma, lateral view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Comments. Fouts's (1948) described Trimorus pulchricornis and T: varius in the
same publication, which also included 7: annulicornis in his key to species. Even a
cursory examination suggests that these three belong to a single species, giving us
serious doubts about the quality of Fouts’s taxonomy, at least as far as T7rimorus is
concerned. We suspect that many more of Fouts species of Trimorus will be treated

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Row

Figures 76-79. 76 Trimorus pulchricornis, female holotype (USNMENT01109147), head, mesosoma,
metasoma, lateral view 77 Trimorus pulchricornis, female holotype (USNMENT01109147), head, ante-
rior view 78 Trimorus varius, male holotype (USNMENT01109222), head, anterior view 79 Trimorus
annulicornis, female lectotype (USNMENT01059271), head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view. Scale

bars in millimeters.

as junior synonyms but will require more thorough study that is beyond the scope of
this publication.

Telenomus graptae Howard
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/2821
Figures 80-82

Telenomus graptae Howard, 1889: 1896 (original description. Type not found in USNM
(Masner and Muesebeck 1968)); Ashmead 1893: 144, 145, 151 (description,
keyed); Brues 1916: 545, 546 (description, keyed); Kieffer 1926: 28, 45 (descrip-
tion, keyed); Masner and Muesebeck 1968: 65 (type information); Johnson 1992:
590 (cataloged, type information).

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hte

he .
ae sy + . : * 7 rom
5 — A — Ce id At .
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4 d ie ‘ : : we Re Se % im zs
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Figures 80-82. 7elenomus graptae, female neotype (USNMENT01109318) 80 head, mesosoma, meta-

soma, lateral view 81 head and mesosoma, dorsal view 82 head, anterior view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=282 1

Neotype designation. We here designate specimen USNMENT01109318 to
be the neotype female of Telenomus graptae. UNITED STATES: White Mountains,
6.VIII.1887, reared from egg, (deposited in USNM).

Comments. Masner and Muesebeck (1968) clarified that this specimen could
not be the holotype of T: graptae because the original male and female syntypes were
mounted on slides, both of which are lost. This specimen bears a label “LECTOTYPE
2 Telenomus graptae How. By L. Masner, 1964”, but it is not eligible to be a lectotype
because lectotypes must be selected from a syntype series. This specimen is in the best
condition among those of this species determined by Howard and thus we consider it
to be the best candidate for a neotype.

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Telenomus persimilis Ashmead
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/3018
Figures 83-85

Telenomus persimilis Ashmead, 1893: 143, 150 (original description. Type lost (Masner
and Muesebeck 1968). Keyed); Brues 1916: 545, 546 (description, keyed); Mas-
ner and Muesebeck 1968: 69 (type information); Johnson 1984: 50, 63 (descrip-
tion, keyed); Johnson 1992: 607 (cataloged, type information).

Microphanurus persimilis (Ashmead): Kieffer 1926: 93, 107 (description, generic trans-
fer, keyed).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=3018

Figures 83-84. Telenomus persimilis, female neotype (USNMENT01109322) 83 head, mesosoma,

metasoma, lateral view 84 head, anterior view 85 head and mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in mi-

llimeters.

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Neotype designation. Telenomus persimilis was described from a single specimen,
and in the original description Ashmead (1893) stated that he had since examined spec-
imens from Agricultural College, Michigan, that were conspecific. Masner and Muese-
beck (1968) stated that these specimens have since been used for identification of this
species. We here designate one of the females from this series (USNMENT01109322)
as the neotype of this species.

Material examined. Neotype female. UNITED STATES: Michigan, 4.VIII.1901,
reared from hemipteran egg USNMENT01109322 (USNM)).

Telenomus rileyi Howard
http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/3067
Figures 86-88

Telenomus rileyi Howard, 1889: 1896 (original description. Type lost (Masner and
Muesebeck 1968)); Brues 1916: 545, 548 (description, keyed); Masner and Muese-
beck 1968: 70 (type information); Johnson 1992: 611 (cataloged, type information).

Telenomus Rileyi Howard: Ashmead 1893: 144, 156 (description of male, keyed).

Phanurus rileyi (Howard): Kieffer 1926: 51, 58 (description, generic transfer, keyed).

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=3067

Neotype designation. ‘The disappearance of the type series of Telenomus rileyi was
documented by Masner and Muesebeck (1968). A series with “type” labels was reared
from the same host, Asterocampa clyton (Boiduval & Leconte), as the type series in
1884, and likely was determined as T! rileyi by Howard. We here designate a female
from this series (OSUC 115283) to be the neotype specimen

Material examined. Neotype female: UNITED STATES: IL, Livingston Co., Fair-
bury, III-1884 (OSUC 115283 (USNM)).

Acknowledgments

We thank Joe Cora and Luciana Musetti (C. A. Triplehorn Collection, The Ohio
State University) for database support; Thomas Henry of the Systematic Entomology
Laboratory (USDA/ARS) for allowing us to use his imaging system; Mary Sangrey
(NMNH) and David Adamsky (Systematic Entomology Laboratory (USDA/ARS)
for coordinating interns in the Smithsonian Internship Program; and Patricia Gentili-
Poole (National Museum of Natural History) for providing CUID labels. This work
was made possible by funding from the Systematic Entomology Laboratory, the Ben-
eficial Insect Introduction Research Unit, the National Institute of Food and Agricul-
ture—Specialty Crop Research Initiative (USDA-NIFA-SCRI) #2011-51181-30937,
and the National Science Foundation under grant No. DEB—0614764 to N.E Johnson
and A.D. Austin. The USDA does not endorse any commercial product mentioned in
this research. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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Figures 86-88. 7 elenomus riley, female neotype (OSUC 115283) 86 head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral

view 87 head, anterior view 88 head and mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.

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Supplementary material |

Primary type specimens of Platygastroidea in USNM

Authors: E. J. Talamas, J. Thompson, A. Cutler, S. Fitzsimmons Schoenberger,

A. Cuminale, T. Jung, N.E Johnson, A.A. Valerio, A. B. Smith, V. Haltermann, E. Alvarez,

C. Schwantes, C. Blewer, C. Bodenreider, A. Salzberg, P. Luo, D. Meislin, M.L. Buffington

Data type: Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

Explanation note: This table contains a list of all primary types of Platygastroidea in
USNM. This list includes paratypes and paralectotypes that were photographed to
supplement images of primary types that are incomplete or damaged.

Copyright notice: This dataset is made available under the Open Database License
(http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/). The Open Database License
(ODDbL) is a license agreement intended to allow users to freely share, modify, and
use this Dataset while maintaining this same freedom for others, provided that the
original source and author(s) are credited.

Supplementary material 2

Non-primary type specimens of Platygastroidea in USNM

Authors: Authors: E. J. Talamas, J. Thompson, A. Cutler, S. Fitzsimmons Schoenberger,

A. Cuminale, T. Jung, N.E Johnson, A.A. Valerio, A. B. Smith, V. Haltermann, E. Alvarez,

C. Schwantes, C. Blewer, C. Bodenreider, A. Salzberg, P. Luo, D. Meislin, M.L. Buffington

Data type: Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

Explanation note: This table contains a list of species and specimens in USNM that are
determined to species, but not represented by primary types, and for which images
are publicly available.

Copyright notice: This dataset is made available under the Open Database License
(http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/). The Open Database License
(ODDbL) is a license agreement intended to allow users to freely share, modify, and
use this Dataset while maintaining this same freedom for others, provided that the
original source and author(s) are credited.