Bruchocida batataephila 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 : 467

Bruchocida batataephila Risbec, 1951

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Bruchocida batataephila Risbec, 1951a: 225-227 . Original description, ♀, Senegal, Bambey; 1960a: 627 (catalogued). — Hedqvist 1970: 434 (catalogued). — Herting 1973: 97 (catalogued).

Eupelmus batataephilus – Bouček 1976b: 352 (lectotype designation and change of combination).

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Synonym of Eupelmus (Eupelmus) elongatus Risbec, 1951 n. syn.

TYPE MATERIAL. — MNHN.14.60. Lectotype ♀, dry mounted upside down, with the head and mesosoma slightly crushed un- der the coverslip, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Bruchocida / batataephila / Risbec/ Bambey/ ex Cylas puncticollis / Boh.” and in Gibson’s handwriting “ LECTOTYPE / Bruchocida / batataephila R./ (Boucek, 1976)”.

MNHN.14.59. One ♀ paralectotype, dry mounted, in good condition but with head detached, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “12.12.46/ Bambey/ Bruchocida / batataephila / Risbec” and in Gibson’s handwriting “ PARALECTOTYPE / Bruchocida / batataephila R./ (Boucek, 1976)”.

MNHN.14.61. One ♀ paralectotype, dry mounted, entire and slightly contorted, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “s. patates/ 11.12.46./ Bambey/ Bruchocida / batataephila / Risbec” and in Gibson’s handwriting “ PARALECTOTYPE / Bruchocida / batataephila R./ (Boucek, 1976)”.

MNHN, ex. coll. ORSTOM.2.24. One ♀ paralectotype, dry mount- ed, in perfect condition except for the tips of the wings, labeled in Risbec’s handwriting: “ Bruchocida / batataephila / Risbec/ Bambey” and in Gibson’s handwriting “ PARALECTOTYPE / Bruchocida / batataephila R./ (Bouček, 1976)”.

REMARKS

The lectotype was designated by Bouček (1976b) who also transferred the species to Eupelmus . This name is synonymous with Eupelmus elongatus Risbec, 1951 , a name made available on page 208 of the same publication as for B. batataephila . Paralectotype on slide MNHN.14.59 is clearly not conspecific with the lectotype, having the ovipositor much shorter than the hind tibia and an almost mirror-like, faintly coriaceous frons.

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).