Acyphoderes forficulifera Gounelle, 1913

Acyphoderes forficulifera Gounelle, 1913: 388 .

Sphecomorpha forficulifera Monné & Giesbert, 1992: 250 .

Forficuladeres forficulifera – Clarke, 2015: 37. — Wappes & Santos-Silva 2021:10, figs 26–29 (lectotype designation)

Type status (number of specimens)

Syntypes (2).

Type locality

Colombia, mountains of “La Garita”.

Current status

Valid species, currently under the combination Forficuladeres forficulifera (Gounelle, 1913) .

Remarks

The type series was probably composed of 3 syntypes, 2 of them were at the ZMH and probably lost with the WWII bombing, and 1 male deposited at the MNHN. That last specimen was recently designated as lectotype by Wappes & Santos-Silva (2021). According to the “Diccionario Geográfico de Colombia ” (IGAC 1996), in Colombia, there are four toponyms for “La Garita,” making it difficult to determine the precise type-locality (for more information see Botero & Monné 2012: 21)