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Ichneumon albidipes Walker 1874

  • 1. Laboratory of Insect Biodiversity and Ecosystem Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kôbe University, Kôbe, Hyôgo, Japan; Research Fellow (DC 1 and Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tôkyô, Japan; Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
  • 2. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK

Description

Ichneumon albidipes Walker, 1874

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Taxonomic history. Morley (1913b) transferred I. albidipes to Goryphus Holmgren, 1868, but Uchida (1940b) subsequently suggested that it belongs to Phygadeuontini Förster 1869, and Townes et al. (1965) finally transferred it to Aptesis Förster, 1850.

Current taxonomy. Aptesis albidipes (Walker, 1874) (Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae: Aptesini).

Type number. Type 3b.616. Specimen # NHMUK010881024

Type status. Holotype.

Sex. Male.

Type locality. Japan.

Label data. First label, ‘Type’ (round label, with red margin; printed); second label, ‘B.M. TYPE /HYM./3.b.616’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third line handwriting); third label, ‘ Japan./Coll.F. Walker./ 1913–71.’ (square label; printed); fourth label, ‘262’ (square label; handwriting); fifth label, ‘ Ichneumon /albidipes’ (square label; handwriting); sixth label, ‘ Goryphus sp. ♂ /Morley det. Xii 13’ (square label; ‘Morley det.’ printed and the remaining characters handwriting).

Condition. Not good; the right antenna is missing after the 7th flagellomere, left antenna after the 10th; the face and right hand surface of the mesosoma are covered in glue; the wings are glued to a piece of card.

Notes

Published as part of Shimizu, So & Broad, Gavin R., 2020, Photographic catalogue of the oldest primary types of Japanese Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera), those described by Frederick Smith and Francis Walker in 1874, pp. 1115-1198 in Journal of Natural History 54 (17) on pages 1175-1177, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1776905, http://zenodo.org/record/4116141

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMUK
Family
Eulophidae
Genus
Ichneumon
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
NHMUK010881024
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Walker
Species
albidipes
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Ichneumon albidipes Walker, 1874 sec. Shimizu & Broad, 2020

References

  • Walker F. 1874. Descriptions of some Japanese Hymenoptera. Cistula Entomol. 1: 301 - 310.
  • Morley C. 1913 b. On Walker's Japanese Ichneumonidae. Entomologist. 46: 131 - 135.
  • Holmgren AE. 1868. Hymenoptera. Species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden. Zoologi. 6: 391 - 442.
  • Uchida T. 1940 b. Die walkerschen Typen der japanischen Ichneumoniden. Insecta Matsumurana. 14: 108 - 114.
  • Forster A. 1869. Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Ichneumonen. Verh Naturhistorischen Ver Preuss Rheinlande Westfalens. 25: 135 - 221.
  • Townes HK, Momoi S, Townes M. 1965. A catalogue and reclassification of the eastern Palearctic Ichneumonidae. Mem Am Entomol Inst. 5: 1 - 661.
  • Forster A. 1850. Monographie der Gattung Pezomachus, Grav. Archiv Naturgeschichte. 16: 49 - 232.