Tiphia formicula Eversmann, 1849

Mokrousov, M. V., Lelej, A. S. & Gorbatovsky, V. V., 2018, The types of described by Eduard Eversmann Tiphidae and Sierolomorphidae (Hymenoptera) with taxonomic notes, Far Eastern Entomologist 349, pp. 11-16 : 15-16

Tiphia formicula Eversmann, 1849

Fig. 8

Tiphia formicula Eversmann, 1849: 435 , ♂, ♀, " Cepi in promont[oriis] Uralensib[us] "

[spurs of the Ural Mountains].

TYPE LOCALITY. Russia: Orenburg Prov., Saraktash Distr., Spasskoe vill.

LECTOTYPE (designated here). ♀, "Spask Jul[io] / Tiphia formicula Evm / Syntypus

Tiphia formicula Ev. / Lectotype ♀ Tiphia formicula Eversmann, 1849 design. Mokrousov,

2017". Paralectotypes: 2♀, 3♂, "Spask".

CURRENT STATUS. Tiphia minuta Vander Linden, 1827 = T. formicula Eversmann,

1849, syn. n.

REMARK. The specimen with Eversmann's handwritten label " Tiphia formicula Evm "

was designated as lectotype. The lectotype (♀) and four paralectotypes (2♀, 2♂) belong to

Tiphia minuta Vander Linden, 1827 , one paralectotype (♂) with bottom label " formicula

Evm." belongs to Tiphia unicolor Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845.

We are grateful to S.A. Belokobylskij (Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia),

curator of the Hymenoptera collection, for the loaned material, Yu.N. Danilov (Institute of

Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia) for submitted photos and D.A. Milko (Institute of Biology and Soil Science, National Academy of Science of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) for the valuable information on

Sierolomorpha abnormis . The work was partly supported by the Russian Foundation for

Basic Research (No 15–29–02466, No 18-54-00011 Бел_а, and No 17–04–00259).

Figures

Fig. 8. Tiphia formicula Eversmann, 1849, lectotype, ♀, habitus and labels.