Tenthredo casta Konow, 1908

Taeger, Andreas, París, Mercedes & Nieves-Aldrey, Jose Luis, 2014, The type specimens of sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Zootaxa 3790 (1), pp. 103-138 : 112

Tenthredo casta Konow, 1908

A valid species, Tenthredo (Olivacedo) casta Konow, 1908 .

Types. Tenthredo casta Konow, 1908: 22–23 . Syntypes ♂ ♀, “ Sikkim ”. Lectotype ♀, hereby designated, (MNCN_ Ent 82485, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 8127, Fig. 12 , see also http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.756022). Type locality: India, Sikkim.

Discussion. The other syntype (s) seem to be lost. In the SDEI only an original label attached to a pin could be found. Papers subsequent to the original description obviously always refer to the original description only. Saini (2007: 107) mentioned a ♀ holotype and a ♂ paratype in the SDEI (“IPAL, Eberswalde”). Such material does not exist. The species, hitherto unplaced within Tenthredo , belongs to the subgenus Olivacedo Zhelochovtsev, 1988 .

Figures

FIGURE 12. Tenthredo casta, lectotype ♀. a. dorsal, scale 2 mm; b. lateral; c. head dorsal; d. face; e. labels.