Synopeas tosticola (Kozlov) Talamas & Buffington, 2014

Talamas, Elijah J. & Buffington, Matthew, 2014, Updates to the Nomenclature of Platygastroidea in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 39, pp. 99-117 : 104-106

Synopeas tosticola (Kozlov) comb. n.

Figures 29 -32

Stosta tosticola Kozlov, 1975: 311 (original description).

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Associations.

collected on Brachanthemum gobium Krasch.: [ Asterales : Asteraceae ]

Material examined.

Holotype, male: MONGOLIA: Ömnögovi Prov., 35km NNE Bulgan, sandy desert, N edge of Bayan Dzaan (Bain-Dzag) Mountain, 31.VIII.1969, M. Kozlov, ZMAS 0137 (ZIN). Paratype: MONGOLIA: 1 male, USNMENT00872135 (ZIN).

Comments.

Kozlov’s treatment of Stosta was essentially identical to that of Pyrgaspis in that the description of a new genus was performed to accommodate the shape of the mesoscutellum. As in Platygaster , a broad range of mesoscutellar forms can be found in Synopeas (Figs 27 - 30 ) and we do not consider this character to be useful to indicate a lineage separate from Synopeas .

Figures

Figures 29 - 31. 44 Synopeas tosticola (Kozlov), male paratype (USNMENT 00872135) 29 Lateral habitus 30 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 31 Head, anterior view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 32 - 35. 45 32 Synopeas tosticola, dorsal mesosoma, lateral view, female paratype (USNMENT 00872135) 33 Synopeas sp., dorsal mesosoma, lateral view, female (OSUC 266261) 34 Synopeas sp., dorsal mesosoma, lateral view, female (OSUC 334240) 30 Synopeas sp., dorsal mesosoma, lateral view, female (USNMENT 00877326). Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 25 - 28. 43 25 Platygaster striativentris (Buhl), mesosoma, posterolateral view, male paratype (USNMENT 00979421) 26 Platygaster sp., mesosoma, posterolateral view, male (USNMENT 00877259) 27 Platygaster striativentris (Buhl), metasoma, dorsolateral view, male holotype (BLGA 0001) 28 Platygaster haloxylonomyiae Kozlov, metasoma, dorsolateral view, male paratype (USNMENT 00872138). Scale bars in millimeters.