Pimpla destructor Smith, 1874

Shimizu, So & Broad, Gavin R., 2020, Photographic catalogue of the oldest primary types of Japanese Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera), those described by Frederick Smith and Francis Walker in 1874, Journal of Natural History 54 (17), pp. 1115-1198 : 1157-1159

Pimpla destructor Smith, 1874

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Pimpla destructor Smith, 1874 ; primary homonym of Pimpla destructor, 1863 ; junior synonym of Apechthis capulifera ( Kriechbaumer, 1887) .

Pimpla japonica Dalla Torre, 1901 in Dalla Torre (1902) ; replacement name for Pimpla destructor Smith, 1874 .

Apechthis japonica Morley, 1914b ; replacement name for Pimpla destructor Smith, 1874 ; secondary homonym of Apechthis japonica (Dalla Torre, 1901) .

Taxonomic history. The specific name ‘ destructor ’ is preoccupied by Pimpla destructor Smith, 1863 , therefore, Dalla Torre (1902) proposed the replacement name Pimpla japonica Dalla Torre, 1901 ; moreover, Morley (1914b) also proposed the same replacement name for Pimpla destructor Smith, 1874 and transferred the species to Apechthis ; Förster, 1869, but the replacement name (i.e. ‘ japonica’) is a secondary homonym of Apechthis japonica (Dalla Torre, 1901) .

Current taxonomy. Junior synonym of Apechthis capulifera ( Kriechbaumer, 1887) ( Ichneumonidae : Pimplinae : Pimplini ).

Type number. Type 3b.943. Specimen # NHMUK010881029

Type status. Lectotype, designated by Townes et al. (1965).

Sex. Female.

Type locality. Hyôgo Prefecture, Honshû, Japan.

Label data. First label, ‘ Type / CM.’ (round label, with red margin; first line printed and second line handwriting) ; second label, ‘B.M. TYPE /HYM./3.b. 943’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third line handwriting); third label, ‘ Hiogo / Japan.’ (square label; first line handwriting and second line printed) ; fourth label, ‘74/16’ (round label; handwriting); fifth label, ‘ Pimpla /destructor/ Type. Smith. ’ (square label; handwriting) ; sixth label, ‘ Named by/ Claude Morley /nec destructor/of 1863 = / Japonica DT cat . [ Dalla Torre catalogue]’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third to fifth lines handwriting) .

Condition. Very good.

Remarks. A paralectotype female is also present in NHMUK, labelled ‘var. investigator’ by Smith. The male mentioned in the original description is not present.

Figures

Figure 27. Holotype female of Pimpla destructor Smith, 1874 (= Apechthis capulifera (Kriechbaumer, 1887)): (a) labels (b) lateral habitus (c) head, frontal view (d) head, dorsal view (e) head, lateral view (f) mesoscutum, dorsal view (g) scutellum and propodeum, dorsolateral view (h) mesosoma, lateral view (i) wings (j) metasoma, dorsal view.