The status of the type material of Pycnostigmus rostratus Cameron (Hymenoptera, Figitidae, Pycnostigminae)

Abstract

The status of the type material of Pycnostigmus rostratus Cameron is reviewed. There are two types: a lectotype in the Natural History Museum, London, and a paralectotype in the South African Museum, Cape Town.

Keywords:

• Pycnostigmus rostratus
• Hymenoptera
• Figitidae
• Pycnostigminae types

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Goulven Keinig, Paul Brown and Howard Mendel of the Natural History Museum, London and to Andrew Polaszek of the ICZN for confirming the nomenclatural aspects of this paper.