Aximopsis vulgata (Brèthes) Brethes, 2014

Gates, Michael W., 2014, Nomenclatural Notes on the Eurytomids (Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) Described by Jean Brèthes Housed in Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “ Bernardino Rivadavia ”, Zootaxa 3790 (1), pp. 185-193 : 192

Aximopsis vulgata (Brèthes) new combination

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Eurytoma vulgata Brèthes, 1916b: 416 . Holotype, female, by monotypy.

Type material. A single card mounted female bearing four labels: “12038/Bs. Aires/Bs. Aires, 19.IV.1915 / Eurytoma vulgata Br. ” [all handwritten]. The specimen is missing its left antenna, which is slide mounted and matches the illustration published by Brèthes. The slide has a hand written label left of the antenna, “ Eurytoma vulgata Brèthes , Type, B. As., A.M.N.BA XXVII.416, 128 Hym” and a small types tag in the upper right, “E 33” ( Fig. 6 ).

Nomenclature and notes. Upon examination of the type specimen ( Fig. 17 ), this species belongs in Aximopsis . It clearly has preorbital carinae, carinate lateral margins of the pronotum, procoxal carinae forming a shelf, etc., which define the genus ( Lotfalizadeh et al. 2007). The species was based on a single specimen given that Brèthes gave a single body length measurement and refers to, “Une female obtenue parasite d’une galle d’ Eupatorium crenulatum que je suppose produite par un Lépidoptère. Buénos Aires, IV, 1915.” He mentions nothing about a slide mounted antenna and the label data does not completely correspond with that reported in the description.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1, Tetramesa albiangulatus, right wings and antenna; 2, Phylloxeroxenus caridei, paralectotype antenna; 3, Eurytoma geniculata, holotype fore wing, hind wing, and antenna; 4, Sycophila cecidosiphaga, paralectotype forewing, antenna, and flagellum; 5, Proseurytoma parodii, paralectotype male and female antenna; 6, Aximopsis vulgata, holotype left antenna.

FIGURES 13 – 17. 13, Bruchophagus opposita, lectotype and paralectotype card mount; 14, Bruchophagus opposita, lectotype; 15, Proseurytoma parodii, lectotype and paralectotype card mount; 16, Proseurytoma parodii, lectotype lateral habitus; 17, Aximopsis vulgata, holotype lateral habitus.