Megalodontes escalerai Konow, 1899

Taeger, Andreas, París, Mercedes & Nieves-Aldrey, Jose Luis, 2014, The type specimens of sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Zootaxa 3790 (1), pp. 103-138 : 118

Megalodontes escalerai Konow, 1899

A valid species, Megalodontes escalerai Konow, 1899 .

Types. Megalodontes Escalerai [ sic!] Konow, 1899: 203, 205. Syntypes ♂ ♀, “Asia min. (Akbés, Alexandrette)” (on p. 203), “Akbés, Jenidje Kale” (on p. 205). Lectotype ♂, hereby designated ( MNCN _Ent 81535, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 9184, Fig. 21 , see also http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.759546). Type locality: Turkey: Hatay: Akbes (36.857°N, 36.518°E; “Akbés”). Paralectotypes: 1♀ 1♂ “Jenidje Kale” (♀ MNCN _Ent 81536, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 9184; ♂ in SDEI), 2 ♀ “Akbés” ( MNCN _Ent 81537 and 81538, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 9184) .

Discussion. There is a contradiction in the type localities given by Konow (see above). No specimen labeled “Alexandrette” could be found, but specimens from Akbés and Jenidje Kale (a place close to Akbes, ca. 36.883°N, 36.467°E). Therefore the locality “Alexandrette” (Iskenderun) may be wrong. There are several similar species in the genus Megalodontes . The lectotype from Akbes in eastern Turkey represents a more densely punctured form of the species. The form from western Turkey (e.g., Termessos, 36.982°N, 30.463°E) which is currently considered conspecific, is usually clearly less sculptured.

Figures

FIGURE 21. Megalodontes escalerai, lectotype ♂. a. dorsal, scale 2 mm; b. lateral; c. base of antenna; d. face; e. head and thorax dorsal; f. labels.