Corresponding author: Elijah J. Talamas (
Academic editor: M. Yoder
Talamas EJ, Buffington M (2014) Updates to the Nomenclature of Platygastroidea in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 39: 99–117. doi:
The Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences serves as the repository for a large number of primary and secondary types of species described by the late Mikhail Kozlov. Recent travel to this museum to study Kozlov's primary types of
Two of Kozlov's platygastrine genera,
In our perspective, the most needed contribution to classification in the
Examination of Kozlov's specimens revealed him to be, in our opinion, a “splitter” as opposed to a “lumper,” that is, he tended not to treat morphological differences as intraspecific or intrageneric variation. A benefit of Kozlov's species concepts is that series identified by him are morphologically uniform. Because of this, we are confident that the paratypes and holotypes of Kozlov and Lê are conspecific. We here treat one of their species,
This work is based on specimens deposited in the following repositories with abbreviations used in the text:
Collection data for all specimens are available in the
Images were produced using a Microvision Instruments imaging system with Cartograph software, a Z16 Leica lens and a JVC KY-F75U digital camera. Single montage images were produced from image stacks with the program CombineZP. In some cases, multiple montaged images were stitched together in Photoshop to produce larger images at high resolution and magnification. Full resolution images, and additional photographs of the specimens treated here, are archived in the
The following terms are used in the text and are active links to anatomical concepts in the
antennomere |
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axillula |
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clava |
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frontal depression |
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lateral propodeal carina (lpc: Figs |
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mediotergite |
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mesoscutellar disc |
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posterior mesoscutellar carina (pmc: Figs |
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posterior mesoscutellar area (pma: Figs |
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posterolateral mesoscutellar carina (plmc: Fig. |
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posterolateral mesoscutellar area (plma: Fig. |
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scutoscutellar sulcus |
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Holotype, male:
The transverse carinae above the frontal depression, setose eyes, serrate A2–A3, and shape of the metasoma in lateral view unequivocally place this species in
Holotype of
Holotype, female,
The transfer of
The Latin adjectival epithet “striola,” meaning “furrow” or “line”, refers to the longitudinal costae mentioned by
collected on
Rajmohana and Veenakumari (2011) stated that the mesoscutellar spines of
Kozlov described
emerged from
Holotype, female,
See diagnosis of of
Holotype, male:
The separation of
Holotype, female:
Kozlov considered
emerged from
Holotype, female:
See diagnosis of
Holotype, male:
collected on
Holotype, male:
Kozlov’s treatment of
We extend our thanks to: Sergey Belokobilskij (ZIN) for hosting a visit of the first author to the Zoological Institute and the loan of specimens that made this publication possible; Peter Buhl, Lars Vilhelmsen (ZMUC), Shepherd Myers (BPBM) and Martin Schwarz (BLGA) for specimen loans; Norman Johnson and Joe Cora (OSUC) for critical database support and making taxonomic literature available; Alexander Konstantinov (USDA/SEL) for translating Kozlov’s descriptions; Lubomír Masner (CNCI) for commentary on