Ectadius Förster, 1856

Awad, Jessica, Krogmann, Lars & Talamas, Elijah, 2023, Taxonomic history and review of the Förster genera of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea), European Journal of Taxonomy 875 (1), pp. 1-46 : 11

Genus Ectadius Förster, 1856

(junior synonym of Synopeas Förster, 1856 )

Ectadius Förster, 1856: 108 , 113. Type species Platygaster craterus Walker, 1835 by monotypy. Junior synonym of Synopeas Förster, 1856 – Masner 1965: 140.

Polymecus Förster, 1856: 144 . Unnecessary replacement name for Ectadius Förster, 1856 .

Remarks

In the addendum, Förster (1856) unnecessarily proposed the replacement name Polymecus to avoid confusion with the plant genus Ectadium E.Mey. Förster distinguished Ectadius from Synopeas by the elongate female metasoma in the former. It was later treated as a junior synonym of Synopeas by Fouts (1924). The type species of Ectadius is Platygaster craterus Walker, 1835 , by monotypy, for which the primary type is deposited in NMINH. The specimens in Vienna are original exemplars, likely provided by Walker himself and used in the original description of the genus. They are identical to the lectotype and paralectotype except for being somewhat lighter in color.