Macreupelmus ovicida Risbec, 1951

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 : 474-475

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2015n3a3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5157113
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scientific name	Macreupelmus ovicida Risbec, 1951
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Macreupelmus ovicida Risbec, 1951 View in CoL

Macreupelmus ovicida Risbec, 1951a: 227-229 View in CoL . Original description, ♀ ♂, Ivory Coast, Abengourou ; 1951b: 1111-1112 (variability). — Hedqvist 1970: 437 (catalogued).

Anastatus ovicida View in CoL – Bouček 1976b: 350 (change of combination).

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Anastatus (Anastatus) ovicida (Risbec, 1951) View in CoL n. stat. [new subgeneric status].

TYPE MATERIAL. — General collection. Lectotype ♀ (here designated), point mounted, labeled in Gibson’s handwriting: “ Anastatus / Macreupelmus / ovicida Risbec ; ex w orthoptères/ sur cacaoyer/ Abengourou/ F. Dagatiguy; Lectotype / (Gibson, 1991)”.

Two ♀ and one ♂ paralectotypes, point mounted, labeled in Gibson’s handwriting: “ Macreupelmus / ovicida ”.

MNHN.14.62. Empty slide labeled in Risbec’s handwriting:“ Anastatus / Macreupelmus / ovicida Risbec / ex ω orthoptères/ s- cacaoyer/ Abengourou/ F. Dagatiguy” and in Gibson’s handwriting: “ 3 ♀ 1 ♂ point-mounted/ by G. Gibson/ 1991”.

MNHN, ex. coll. ORSTOM.2.45. Fifteen ♀ and two ♂ paralectotypes, dry mounted in a wooden slide (two of the females mentioned in the original description are missing), slide labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “N° 635/ Alibert/ ex ω orthoptères/ Abengourou; Macreupelmus / ovicida / Risbec” .

OTHER MATERIAL. — MNHN.14.63. Wooden slide with host’s eggs, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ω. orthoptères/ parasitées/ Alibert/ 635/ Abengourou/ mis[?] par.”.

REMARKS

The lectotype selected by G. Gibson and four syntypes are point-mounted. This lectotype designation is validated here. According to Bouček (1976b), the species clearly belongs to Anastatus and this is confirmed here.