Clydostomus merceti 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 : 123

Clydostomus merceti Konow, 1908

A junior subjective synonym of Tenthredo cestata ( Konow, 1908) , synonymy by Saini et al. (2006: 592).

Types. Clydostomus merceti Konow, 1908: 19–20. Syntype (s) ♀, “ Sikkim ”. Lectotype ♀, hereby designated, (MNCN_ Ent 82479, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 8137; Fig. 26 , see also http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.757681). Type locality: India, Sikkim.

Discussion. The taxon is very likely only a pale form of T. cestata as discussed by Saini et al. (2006). See also under Clydostomus cestatus.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Clydostomus merceti, lectotype ♀. a. dorsal, scale 5 mm; b. lateral; c. face; d. head and thorax dorsal; e.head and thorax lateral; f. labels.