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Allotropa pauliani Risbec 1955, stat. rev.

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Description

Allotropa pauliani Risbec, 1955b: 117, figs 1a, 1c.

Current status. Allotropa pauliani stat. rev.

Syntypes 2 ♀♀; 3; 2 unsexed imagines still within host remains, Madagascar, Mandraka (MNHN).

Labels. Elev. Du 21. 2. 52. No. 1008. Eclos le 25. 2. 52 / Inst. Scient. Madagascar / Parasites de cochenilles sur Philippia/ La Mandraka CA.; Allotropa / pauliani / Risbec [syntypes 2 ♀♀; 3; 2 unsexed imagines still within host remains].

Remarks. All five syntypes are dry-mounted on a microscope slide, two have their heads broken off and one of the imagines still within the host remains is broken. Vlug (1995) emended the spelling to ‘ pauliana ’ apparently in the mistaken belief that this was the original spelling. Whatever Vlug’s intention, according to the Code this is clearly a “demonstrably intentional” change because Vlug cited both the original spelling, the changed spelling and adopted the latter in place of the former. A. pauliana is an unjustified emendation and becomes a junior objective synonym (ICZN 1999: Art. 33.2.1).

Notes

Published as part of Notton, David G., 2010, A catalogue of the types of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with brief notes on the history of the collection, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 2358 on page 5, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2358.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/275686

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Risbec
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Platygastridae
Genus
Allotropa
Species
pauliani
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
stat. nov.

References

  • Risbec, J. (1955 b) Platygasterinae de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 8, 109 - 118.
  • Vlug, H. J. (1995) Catalogue of the Platygastridae (Platygastroidea) of the world (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Hymenopterorum Catalogus (nova editio), 19, 1 - 168.