Mesocomys vuilleti ( Crawford, 1912 )

Fusu, Lucian, Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, Siebold, Cedric & Villemant, Claire, 2015, Revision of the Eupelmidae Walker, 1833 described by Jean Risbec. Part 1: the slide mounted specimens housed at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris, Zoosystema 37 (3), pp. 457-480 : 475

Mesocomys vuilleti ( Crawford, 1912)

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Anastatus vuilleti Crawford, 1912: 5 . Original description, ♀ ♂, French Senegal (now Mali), Koulikoro.

Mesocomys Vuilleti – Risbec 1950a: 54, 57, 59, 63, 457; 1951a: 191; 1960a: 638, 646-648.

IDENTITY. — Males and females of Mesocomys Cameron, 1905 plus several Anastatus females, but the species cannot be identified with confidence without remounting the specimens.

SPECIMENS. — MNHN.14.1 and 14.2. Both slides contain numerous Mesocomys females dry mounted under one large coverslip, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Eupelminae / ex Cirina ω/ butyrospermi / Mesocomys / vuilleti Crwf ♀ ”.

MNHN.14.3. A Mesocomys female, dry mounted, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “Bambey/ 1945/ Mesocomys / vuilleti Crwf. ”.

MNHN.14.4. One Mesocomys and one Eupelmus female, dry mounted under two coverslips, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “Bambey/ Mesocomys / vuilleti . Crwf./ (pres etiquette)”.

MNHN.14.5. One dry mounted Anastatus female, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Mesocomys / vuilleti Crwf ♀ / ex ω. de/ Charaxes epijasius / Bambey”.

MNHN.14.6. Numerous Mesocomys females, dry mounted un- der one coverslip and host’s eggs glued with Canada balsam next to it, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Eupelmidae / ex ponte./ Abengourou/ Alibert. 760./ avec Eulophidae / Mesocomys vuilleti / Crwf./ 16”.

MNHN.14.7. One Anastatus female, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Solindenia . [crossed off]/ Eupelminae ./ 13.VIII.23/ Mesocomys / vuilleti Crwf / 17”.

MNHN.14.8. One Anastatus female, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Solindenia [crossed off]/ Mesocomys vuilleti / Crwf/ ♀ / ex ω./ Chrysopsyche / ladburyi?/ VII.60”.

MNHN.14.9. About 16 Mesocomys females, dry mounted under one coverslip, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ex ω/ Chrysopsyche / ladburyi / Bambey/ Mesocomys ♀ / vuilleti Crwf ”.

MNHN.14.10. Two Mesocomys females, dry mounted under one coverslip, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “s- kissi 9.I.47/ Bambey/ Mesocomys / vuilleti Crwf. / ♀ ”.

MNHN.14.11. Nine Mesocomys females, dry mounted under one coverslip, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ex gousses Prosopis / 23.I.47. Bambey./ Baye./ Mesocomys / vuilleti Crwf / ♀ ”.

MNHN.14.12. Two Mesocomys females, dry mounted under one coverslip, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “M. Bambey/ Mesocomys / vuilleti Crwf. / ex gousses Prosopis ”.

MNHN.14.13. Five Mesocomys females, dry mounted under one coverslip, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Mesocomys / vuilleti Crwf / ♀ / ex ω. Cirina / butyrospermi / Vuillet”.

MNHN.14.15. Numerous Mesocomys females and males, dry mounted under one coverslip in a wooden slide, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Mesocomys / vuilleti / Crwf/ ♀; ex ω/ Cirina / butyrospermi / 5.12.46/ Bambey” .

MNHN.14.16. Numerous Mesocomys females and males in a wooden slide, dry mounted under one coverslip, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “epip. [illegible text]/ Epiphora bauhiniae ./ Eupelmidae / Mesocomys ./ vuilleti Crwf ”.

MNHN.14.17. Several broken Mesocomys females in a cardboard slide, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Mesocomys ./ vuilleti / Crwf/ Solindenia [crossed off]/ ( Eupelmidae )/ ex ω. Cirina butyrospermi / II.85”.

MNHN.14.18. A few Mesocomys females in a cardboard slide, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “II.87/ Eupelmidae / Mesocomys . vuilleti / Solindenia of [crossed off] Crwf ♀ / ex Bunaea ω./ Alibert N° 17”.

MNHN, ex. coll. ORSTOM.2.47. Two Mesocomys males and two Anastatus females, dry mounted under one coverslip, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ex chenille/ Parnara mathias / 13.8.46/ Bambey./ Mesocomys / vuilleti Crwf / 20”.

MNHN, ex. coll. ORSTOM.2.48. Numerous Mesocomys male specimens and one female, dry mounted under one long coverslip, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Eupelminae ex/ ω Cirina / butyrospermi / Mesocomys / vuilleti Crwf ♂ ”.

MNHN, ex. coll. ORSTOM.2.49. Three Mesocomys males dry mounted in a cardboard slide, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting:“ Mesocomys / vuilleti Crwf ♂ / ex ω. Cirina / butyrospermi Vuill. / Bambey”.

Figures

FIG. 1. — A, slide MNHN.14.27, dry mounted specimens with coverslip sealed with wax, Anastatus gratidiae Risbec, 1951, lectotype and paralectotype; B, slide ORSTOM.2.2, dry mounted specimen with coverslip sealed with paraffin wax, Paravignalia hemipterae Risbec, 1951, lectotype; C, slide ORSTOM.2.24, dry mounted specimen with coverslip sealed with Canada balsam, Bruchocida batataephila Risbec, 1951, paralectotype; D, slide MNHN.14.71, dry mounted specimen on a wooden strip with coverslip sealed with wax, Polymoria curculionis Risbec, 1951, paralectotype; E, MNHN.14.18, dry mounted specimens in a cardboard slide, Mesocomys sp.; F, label in Risbec’s handwriting, BMNH collections, Eupelmus psychephagus Risbec, 1951; G, slide MNHN.1.74, dry mounted antenna, Eusandalum striatum Risbec, 1952, holotype; H, labels of the paralectotype of Calosoter versicolor Risbec, 1951, BMNH collection (Photo Natalie Dale-Skey Papilloud).

FIG. 2. — A, E, Slide ORSTOM.2.41, uncleared specimen mounted in Canada balsam and coverslip sealed with wax, Eusandalum bicristatum Risbec,1951, holotype; B, slide MNHN.14.73,specimen mounted in Canada balsam on a wooden strip,Polymoria curculionis Risbec,1951, paralectotype;C, F, slide MNHN.14.26, specimen partly mounted in Canada balsam and coverslip sealed with wax, Anastatus bostrychidi Risbec, 1951, holotype; D, slide ORSTOM.2.48, dry mounted specimens with coverslip sealed with wax, Mesocomys sp.