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Alaptus minimus Westwood 1839

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Alaptus minimus Westwood, 1839

Alaptus minimus Westwood, 1839: 79. Lectotype ♀ (NMID), designated by Hincks, 1959: 141. TL: unknown (most likely England). Walker, 1846: 51 (description) [P]; Kirchner, 1867: 201 (catalogue) [P]; Marshall, 1873: 23 (catalogue) [P]; Dalla Torre, 1898: 428 (catalogue) [P]; Girault, 1908 [51]: 182 (history, list) [P]; Enock, 1914: 46 (list) [P]; Bakkendorf, 1934: 17 (larva, development) [P]; Soyka, 1939a: 17 (description) [P]; Soyka, 1939b: 30 (key) [P]; Debauche, 1948: 56 (key), 59 (description) [P]; Soyka, 1948: 75 (key) [P]; Debauche, 1949: 10 (description) [P]; Kryger, 1950: 35 (description, hosts) [P]; Soyka, 1950b: 121 (distribution) [P]; Thompson, 1958: 566 (host catalogue) [P]; Hincks, 1959: 142 (key, synonymy) [P]; Boţoc, 1963: 95 (description) [P]; New, 1969: 185 (biology) [P]; Hellén, 1974: 14 (key, description) [P]; Bouček & Graham, 1978: 109 (checklist) [P]; Donev, 1978: 458 (distribution) [P]; Trjapitzyn, 1978: 523 (key) [P]; Graham, 1982: 194 (paralectotype designations) [P]; Donev, 1985a: 62 (distribution) [P]; Donev, 1985b: 66 (distribution) [P]; Donev, 1987: 75 (distribution) [P]; Trjapitzin, 1987: 951 (key) [P]; Donev, 1988a: 178 (distribution) [P]; Donev, 1988b: 205 (distribution) [P]; Viggiani & Jesu, 1988: 1020 (Italy) [P]; Pagliano & Navone, 1995: 35 (list) [P]; Viggiani & van Harten, 1996: 72 (Cape Verde record) [AT]; Pricop, 2009b: 123 (list) [P]; Pintureau, 2012: 31 (European list) [P]; Pricop, 2013: 72, 74 (78 (distribution) [P]; Triapitsyn, 2015a: 218 (list) [P]; Dale-Skey et al., 2016: 227 (checklist) [P]; Koponen & Triapitsyn, 2016: 2 (distribution) [P]; Triapitsyn, 2017: 8 (key), 42 (description, distribution).

Alaptus intonsipennis Girault, 1910 [69]: 244. Lectotype ♀ (INHS), designated by Frison, 1927: 226. TL: USA, Illinois, Hendrix, Bloomington. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2017: 43. Girault, 1911 [96]: 323 (list); Frison, 1927: 226 (lectotype designation); Girault, 1929 [428]: 10 (key); Peck, 1951: 413 (catalogue, host, distribution); Peck, 1963: 28 (catalogue); Burks, 1979: 1024 (catalogue); Webb, 1980: 118 (lectotype listing); Yoshimoto, 1990: 24 (list); Triapitsyn, 2017: 46 (type material).

Alaptus aegyptiacus Soyka 1950: 121. Holotype ♀ (ISNB). TL: Egypt, Alexandria. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2017: 43.

Alaptus borinquensis Dozier 1932: 90. Lectotype ♀ (USNM), designated by Triapitsyn, 2017: 45. TL: Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (now part of San Juan). Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2017: 43.

Alaptus crassus Kryger, 1950: 33. Lectotype ♀ (NHMUK), designated by Hincks, 1959: 142. TL: UK, England, West Sussex Co., Goring-by-Sea. Synonymy by Hincks, 1959: 141.

Alaptus maccabei Girault 1913 [165]: 109. Lectotype ♀ (QM), designated by Dahms, 1984: 780. TL: Australia, Queensland, Herberton. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2017: 43.

Alaptus maidli Soyka 1939b: 28. Holotype ♀ (NHMW). TL: Netherlands, Valkenburg, St. Ignatius Jesuit College (Ignatiuskolleg). Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2017: 43.

Alaptus malchinensis Soyka 1948: 71. Lectotype ♀ (NHMW), designated by Triapitsyn, 2017: 46. TL: Germany, Malchin, Jettchenshof [a farm ≈ 2.5 km N. of Malchin]. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2017: 43.

Alaptus uncinatus Kryger, 1950: 36. Lectotype f # (NHMUK), designated by Hincks, 1959: 141. TL: UK, England, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Richmond. Synonymy by Hincks, 1959: 142.

Parvulinus auranti Mercet, 1912: 333. Lectotype ♀ (MNCN), designated by Triapitsyn, 2017: 45. TL: Spain, Valencia. Transferred to Alaptus by Debauche, 1948: 55. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2017: 43.

Parvulinus aurantii [sic]: Holman, 2002: 46 (host, Czech Republic) [P] [not referenced in Triapitsyn 2017].

Alaptus aurantii [sic]: Herting, 1971: 73; Thompson, 1958: 565 [not referenced in Triapitsyn 2017].

Nearctic hosts. Ectopsocidae:? Ectopsocus californicus Banks. Distribution. Canada: ON. USA: CA, DE, FL, IL, LA, MD, MI, MO, NC, NY.

Notes

Published as part of Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2020, Illustrated key to genera and catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in America north of Mexico, pp. 1-411 in Zootaxa 4773 (3) on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4773.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3821373

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Biodiversity

Collection code
ISNB , NHMW , QM , USNM
Family
Mymaridae
Genus
Alaptus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Westwood
Species
minimus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Alaptus minimus Westwood, 1839 sec. Huber, Read & Triapitsyn, 2020

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