Platygaster dombeyae Risbec, 1953 : 339

Notton, David G., 2010, A catalogue of the types of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with brief notes on the history of the collection, Zootaxa 2358, pp. 1-24 : 12-13

Platygaster dombeyae Risbec, 1953: 339 , fig. 29.

Current status. Platygaster dombeyae

Syntypes 2 ƤƤ, Madagascar (MNHN); syntypes 2 3, Madagascar, Périnet (MNHN); syntypes 3 ƤƤ, Madagascar, forest north of Anisobe (lost).

Labels. 628 pt./ {illeg.} Dombeya/ Proct. {illeg.}/ IX 43 / galle (J. K.); Alt par Pteromalid/ 2 sp. T./ Platygaster / dombeyae / Risbec [syntypes, 2 ƤƤ].

Elev. du 7.4.51. No. G.228. Eclos. le 27.4.51 / Inst. Scient. Madagascar / Parasites de galle par ronflement de tige/ de Mangidy voa./ Perinet; Platygaster / dombeyi/ Risbec [syntypes, 2 3].

Remarks. The two females are dry-mounted on a microscope slide together with a number of chalcidoids and the two cover slips are ringed with paraffin wax. Both female syntypes have their heads broken off but still present. One of the bodies is partly crushed and one of the heads has only the scapes remaining. The two male syntypes are dry-mounted on a microscope slide, each is mounted under its own cover slip, these are ringed with paraffin wax, both are entire. Future revisers should note that the type series is a mixture of at least two species, the structure of the scutellum differs greatly between the males and the females seen here. Three further syntypes mentioned by Risbec from Madagascar (forest north of Anisobe) were not seen, possibly these are in the MRAC.