Oodera obscura Westwood, 1874, nomen dubium

Werner, Jennifer & Peters, Ralph S., 2018, Taxonomic revision of the genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae), with description of ten new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 63, pp. 73-123 : 111

Oodera obscura Westwood, 1874, nomen dubium

Oodera obscura Westwood, 1874: 146.

Distribution.

Maybe Indonesia. This information is given by Gibson (2003) and Noyes (2017), yet the original description does not give information about the type locality.

Taxonomic remarks.

Gibson (2003) states that the location of the holotype is uncertain. Based on the information in the original description we expected the holotype to be in Oxford as part of the W. W. Saunders collection. However, even after extensive search at Oxford and London (where other parts of the Saunders collection are located) by the respective curators the type could not be located. The species description by Westwood includes only a short description of colouration pattern and body length, both unspecific. The description does not provide sufficient information to clarify the taxonomic status of this species. We therefore consider it as a nomen dubium.