Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 80. (Budapest 1988)

Argaman, Q.: Generic synopsis of Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera)

Sclerogibba madegassa BENOIT, 1952: 181, $, syn. n. Holotype $ from Madagascar (in Mus. Tervuren). Parasclerogibba kosimi HAMANN, 1958: 21, 9- svn

« Holotype 9 from Bogor, Java (in coll. Hamann). Sclerogibba citipes KROMBEIN, 1979: 466, 9 c*- s

y°- n- Holotype 9 fr°

m Sri Lanka (in USNM, Washington). Host: probably Oligotoma saundersü WESTWOOD (KROMBEIN 1979). —• Distribution: India, Ceylon, Burma, Java, Madagascar. Remarks — KROMBEIN repeatedly insisted on the resurrection of the name Mystrocnemis KIEFFER, for the species with cleft tarsal claw, overlooking the statement of BENOIT (1950: 132) about the homonymy with Mystrocnemis QUEDENFELDT, 1882, and also ovelooking the fact that HAMANN proposed yet another name applicable for this taxon. KROMBEIN also considered that erythrothorax from Rangoon, Burma, cannot be identical with citipes, whose paratypes, among others, also came from Rangoon, Burma. This is due to the wellknown inaccurate descriptions of KIEFFER. On erythrothorax, for instance, KIEFFER states "Scutellum fehlend" (1914: 561), which is not true, and that the propodeum converge posteriorly. On Fig. 199 or KIEFFER (1. c.) only the declivity converge, the basal twothirds are parallel. Accordingly, for erytrothorax diagnostic is the claw, figured by KIEFFER on his Fig. 201 (1. c), sufficiently correct to be recognized and I have no reasons to doubt the above synonymies. The name Parasclerogibba of HAMANN, although contains some demonstrable inaccurateness in description, and no type was designated, in virtue of its monotypy and the existent homonymy, is applicable for this genus. 4. Genus Sclerogibba RIGGIO et STEFANI-PEREZ Sclerogibba RIGGIO et STEFANI-PEREZ, 1888: 145. Type-species: Sclerogibba crassifemorata RIGGIO et STEFANI-PEREZ, 1888, by monotypy. Prosclerogibba KIEFFER, 1905C: 241. Type-species: Prosclerogibba magrettii KIEFFER, 1913; first included species; synonymy by RICHARDS, 1939. Diagnosis of the genus as resulting from the key. Only one species included : Sclerogibba crassifemorata RIGGIO et STEFANI-PEREZ, 1888: 146, 9 • Holotype 9 from Falconiera, Isola di Ustica (previously in Mus. Genova, now said to be destroyed). Mystrocnemis africana KIEFFER, 1905b: 363, Q, syn. n. Holotype 9 from Portugal Guinea (in Mus. Genova). Prosclerogibba magrettii KIEFFER, 1913: 107, 9, syn. n. Holotype from Erithrea (in Mus. Genova). Sclerogibba talpiformis BENOIT, 1950: 133, $, syn. n. Holotype $ from Congo (in Mus. Tervuren). Sclerogibba dissimilis STEFANI, 1956: 131, 9 c*- svn- n- Holotype rf from Sardinia (in Mus. Genova). Host: Embia tyrrhenica STEFANI (STEFANI 1956). — Distribution: Ustica Island and Sardinia in Italy, Eritrea, Congo, Gabun, Guinea, Yemen, Israel (new record), Afghanistan (new record). Remarks — The type is said to be destroyed (RICHARDS 1939). I have in my collection one female with the same label as the holotype, which originates from the KIEFFER'S collection, i.e. with a label of TURNER that it was in that collection. However, KIEFFER (1905c: 258) stated that there was only one specimen and he received it from DE STEFANI. Because of this, I regard the specimen with me as the possible lectotype of this species. KIEFFER (1. c.) also states that crassifemorata "est très voisin" to Prosclerogibba, with which I agree. The species magrettii with narrow ocellar triangle, falls into the usual variational limits of the species, while africana with short thorax, is a so-called "curtiventris" form, which frequently occurs among parasitic wasps (NONVEILLER 1959: 114). RICHARDS in his revision admitted africana and magrettii as two distinct species, but he was detrimented by lack of material of either sex of crassifemorata. Judging from the source of both crassi-