Platygaster pauliani Risbec, 1953 : 334

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 : 15

Platygaster pauliani Risbec, 1953: 334 , figs 17, 26–28.

Current status. Platygaster pauliani

Syntypes 6 ƤƤ; 3, Madagascar, Manjakatompo (MNHN); syntypes 43 ƤƤ; 4 3, Madagascar, Manjakatompo (lost); syntype 3, Madagascar, Tsinjoarivo (MNHN); syntype Ƥ, Madagascar, Mantasoa (MNHN); syntype 3, Madagascar, forest north of Anisobe (lost).

Labels. Elevage du 25. 5. 50 / Eclos le 20–7–50 / No. G62/ P/ galles de nervure/ de Veronica appen-/ diculata de/ Manjakatompo/ m ent{illeg.} (R. P.); Platygaster / Pauliani / Risbec/ T. [syntypes 6 ƤƤ; 3].

Elevage du 26–5–50 / Eclos le 1–3–50 / No. G92/ P. galle de tiges de/ Macaranga - Hilde-/ brandti de/ Tsinjoarive (R. P.); Platygaster / Pauliani / Risbec/ T. [syntype 3].

Elevage du 14–4–50 / Eclos le 17–4–50 / No. 732/ P. de la galle de la/ branche d’Aphloia/ theaeformis de/ Mantasa (R. P.); Platygaster / Pauliani / Risbec/ T. [syntype Ƥ].

Remarks. Nine syntypes were located in the MNHN. The female syntype labelled as No. 732 is given as No. 723 in Risbec’s description, but this must be a typographical error since it agrees in all other aspects of the description and collection data. Three further specimens each mounted on a glass slide, labelled as Platygaster pauliani in Risbec’s hand and also marked with a red ‘T’, presumably indicating a type, are not types since the label data differ greatly from those listed by Risbec in the original description. The nine syntypes are dry-mounted on three microscope slides, the cover slip fixed with paraffin wax. The forty-eight other type specimens mentioned by Risbec were not seen, they may be in the MRAC.