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An annotated catalog of the type material of Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in the Entomology Research Museum, University of California at Riverside / Serguei V. Triapitsyn and Jung-Wook Kim

Catalog Data

Author:
Triapitsyn, Serguei V. 1963-  Search this
Kim, Jung-Wook 1968-  Search this
Subject:
University of California, Riverside Entomology Research Museum  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 124 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Catalogs and collections
Catalogs
Date:
2008
C2008
Summary:
An annotated catalog of type material of the genus Aphytis Howard (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in the collection of the Entomology Research Museum, University of California, Riverside, California, USA (UCRC) provides information on 75 valid species. Curation of the UCRC Aphytis slide collection involved remounting 7,390 specimens from Hoyer's medium into Canada balsam (a single specimen per each slide). This included 7,292 specimens that were remounted, labeled, and databased and 98 specimens that were remounted and labeled but not databased (the types of the South African species received on loan from the South African National Collection of Insects, Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa). Among these are 309 primary type specimens (i.e., holotypes, syntypes, lectotypes, and neotypes) belonging to 51 nominal species, 2,473 secondary type specimens (i.e., paratypes, allotypes, and paralectotypes) of various nominal species, and 4,608 nontype specimens of many species of Aphytis from more than 50 different countries. Numerous nomenclatural and other mistakes (such as improper or coded labeling) in the treatment of the type specimens of the Aphytis species are corrected; several primary types are returned to the appropriate depositories, and many remounted secondary types are donated to other major taxonomic collections of Aphelinidae. Lectotypes are designated for A. africanus Quednau, A. coheni DeBach, A. cylindratus Compere, A. equatorialis Rosen and DeBach, A. fisheri DeBach, A. holoxanthus DeBach, A. immaculatus Compere, A. lepidosaphes Compere, A. lingnanensis Compere, A. melinus DeBach and A. taylori Quednau.
Topic:
Aphytis--Type specimens  Search this
Aphytis  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_987088