Leptacis Forster 1856
- 1. State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany.
- 2. FDACS-DPI, 1911 SW 34 St, Gainesville FL 32608, USA.
Description
Genus Leptacis Förster, 1856
Figs 10–11
Leptacis Förster, 1856: 107, 112–113. Type species Ichneumon tipulae Kirby, 1798 by subsequent designation by Ashmead 1893: 270.
Xestonotus Förster, 1856: 107, 112. Type species Xestonotus andriciphilus Ashmead, 1887 by first subsequent inclusion.
Miramblyaspis Dodd, 1914: 91. Type species Miramblyaspis mirabilis Dodd, 1914 by monotypy.
Tricholeptacis Kieffer, 1914: 357. Type species Amblyaspis verticillatus Ashmead, 1894 by monotypy and original designation.
Proleptacis Kieffer, 1926: 632, figs 254–257. Type species Leptacis foersteri Kieffer, 1914 by original designation.
Prosamblyaspis Kieffer, 1926: 610, fig. 248. Type species Amblyaspis flavosignatus Kieffer, 1912 by monotypy.
Anacoryphe Debauche, 1947: 274–278, figs 19–21. Type species Anacoryphe orchymonti Debauche, 1947 by monotypy and original designation.
Mandraka Risbec, 1953: 343, 344, figs 22, 23, 25. Type species Mandraka pauliani Risbec, 1953 by monotypy.
Xestonotus Förster, 1856 – Ghesquière 1948: 44.
Proleptacis Kieffer, 1926 – Masner 1960: 3.
Mandraka Risbec, 1953 – Masner 1960: 3.
Tricholeptacis Kieffer, 1914 – Masner 1965: 135.
Prosamblyaspis Kieffer, 1926 – Masner 1965: 134.
Miramblyaspis Dodd, 1914 – Huggert 1976: 220.
Anacoryphe Debauche, 1947 – Kozlov 1978: 660, 661.
RemarksFörster described Leptacis on the basis of a long and pointed mesoscutellar spine, ocular ocellar length (OOL) less than lateral ocellar length (LOL), and four-segmented clava in the female. The type species of Leptacis is Ichneumon tipulae Kirby, 1798, the type specimen of which is in the NHMUK. The NHMW includes paralectotypes of L. scutellaris Thomson, 1859 and L. torispinula Huggert, 1980. Huggert (1980) synonymized L. scutellaris with L. tipulae. Vlug (1985) synonymized L. torispinula with L. nydia (Walker, 1835).
One specimen of Platygaster spinigera Nees, 1834 (NHMW-HYM#0005297), identified by Förster, rightfully belongs to Leptacis and the label on this specimen is consistent with Nees’s style (Graham 1988). However, another specimen identified as P. spinigera in NHMW (NHMW-HYM#0005298) belongs to Synopeas. Based on the authenticity of the label, we consider the former specimen to be part of the syntype series and the latter specimen to be misidentified. We here designate NHMW-HYM#0005297 as the lectotype of Platygaster spinigera Nees, 1834 and transfer it to Leptacis.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Platygastridae
- Genus
- Leptacis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Forster
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leptacis Forster, 1856 sec. Awad, Krogmann & Talamas, 2023
References
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- Ashmead W. H. 1893. Monograph of the North American Proctotrypidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 45: 1 - 472. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.45.1
- Ashmead W. H. 1887. Studies of the North American Proctotrupidae, with descriptions of new species from Florida. Canadian Entomologist 19: 125 - 132. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 19125 - 7
- Dodd A. P. 1914. A new platygasterid genus with remarkable antennae (Hym.: Proctotrupoidea). Entomological News 25: 455 - 456.
- Kieffer J. J. 1914. Proctotrypidae (Partie 3). Species des Hymenopteres d'Europe et d'Algerie 11. A. Hermann et Fils, Paris.
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- Risbec J. 1953. Proctotrupide de Madagascar. Memoires de L'Institut scientifique de Madagascar Serie E III: 313 - 348.
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- Thomson C. G. 1859. Sveriges Proctotruper. Tribus VII. Platygastrini. Ofversigt af Kongliga Ventenskaps- Akademiens Forhandlingar 16: 69 - 87.
- Huggert L. 1980. Taxonomical studies on some genera and species of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea). Entomologica Scandivavica 11: 97 - 112. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631280 X 00428
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- Walker F. 1835. On the species of Platygaster, & c. The Entomological Magazine 3: 217 - 274.
- Nees von Esenbeck C. G. 1834. Hymenopterorum Ichneumonibus Affinium, Monographiae, Genera Europaea et Species Illustrantes, Vol. 2. J. G. Cottae, Stuttgart.
- Graham M. R. W. 1988. The remains of Nees von Esenbeck's collection of Hymenoptera in the University Museum Oxford. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 124: 19 - 35.