Tropidopsis clavata Ashmead, 1893: 402

Notton, David G., 2014, A catalogue of the types of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) at the Natural History Museum, London, European Journal of Taxonomy 75, pp. 1-123 : 6

Tropidopsis clavata Ashmead, 1893: 402 , pl. xvii, figs 2, 2a.

Valid name

Basalys clavatus ( Ashmead, 1893) .

Summary of types

Lectotype ♀, BMNH number 9.916 . Lectotype here designated.

Primary type data

St. Vincent / W.I./ H.H. Smith/ 230; Tropidopsis / clavatus/ ♀ Ashm.; W.Indies/ 99-331.

Type locality

West Indies, St Vincent.

Remarks

This species was described from an unspecified number of females and males. Although Ashmead states that the types are in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., only one male syntype is there ( Masner & Muesebeck 1968) and a female syntype is in the BMNH. Another specimen in the BMNH was labelled by Ashmead as “ var. ” and is much darker than the description and so is not considered part of the type series. Since the male syntype is a Trichopria Ashmead, 1893 and the female syntype is a Basalys , the female is designated here as lectotype in order to stabilise the current generic placement established by Masner and Muesebeck. The lectotype is mounted on a card point, with the right antenna lost and left antenna lost beyond a8.