Amblyaspis 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 : 6-7

Genus Amblyaspis Förster, 1856

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Amblyaspis Förster, 1856: 107 , 112. Type species Platygaster tritici Walker, 1835 by subsequent designation by Vlug 1995: 12.

Remarks

The genus Amblyaspis is defined by a conical and setose mesoscutellum in both sexes and the close diagonal appression of the apical two clavomeres in the female. The type species is Platygaster tritici Walker, 1835 , the male lectotype of which is in the NMINH, Dublin. According to Vlug (1995), the specimen identified as Pl. tritici in the Förster collection is a different species.

The NHMW includes the female lectotype of Am. walkeri Förster, 1861 and an original exemplar of Am. forticornis ( Nees, 1834) , the type specimen of which has been lost. We here designate this specimen (NHMW-HYM#0005324) as the neotype of Am. forticornis .

Figures

Fig. 3. Amblyaspis forticornis (Nees, 1834), neotype, ♀ (NHMW-HYM#0005324). A. Dorsal habitus. B. Anterolateral head. C. Lateral habitus.

Fig. 4. Amblyaspis tritici (Walker, 1835), lectotype, ♂ (NMINH_2018_11_30). A. Dorsolateral habitus. B. Dorsal habitus.