Metapelma obscuratum Westwood, 1874

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2015n3a3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5157117
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scientific name	Metapelma obscuratum Westwood, 1874
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Metapelma obscuratum Westwood, 1874 View in CoL

Metapelma obscurata Westwood, 1874: 150 View in CoL . Original description, ♀, India Orientalis.

Metapelma obscuratum View in CoL – Risbec 1951a: 191 (misidentification).

IDENTITY. — An undescribed species near Metapelma mirabile Brues, 1906 described from South Africa.

SPECIMENS. — MNHN.14.77. One dry mounted female in a wooden slide, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “N°39 Eupelminae / s- tronc/ mandarinier/ Bambey/ 4-5-47; Metapelma / obscurata / Westw.”.